10 March 2006
03.09.06 West Virginia: Minimum wage bill advances
March 9, 2006 CHARLESTON - The state Senate Labor Committee advanced a bill Wednesday that would raise the minimum wage in West Virginia to more than $7 an hour for the next two years.
3.10.06 Michigan - GOP Gets Behind Minimum Wage Hike
March 10, 2006 Reaction was mixed after the surprise approval by the GOP-controlled state Senate of a bill to hike Michigan's minimum wage by 35 percent to $6.95 by fall, but some warned it would be a "job killer."
09 March 2006
03.09.06 Ohio Minimum Wage Gets a Boost
Only to $5.15, current federal minimum
nbc4i.com - News - State Minimum Wage Could Increase With Bill
Increase to $5.15 (currently $4.85)
08 March 2006
The Business Journal: Labor leader pushes for Wal-Mart bill - 2006-03-06
The Oregon AFL-CIO and the United Food & Commercial Workers Local 355 have introduced an initiative that would require private employers with more than 4,500 workers to spend 9 percent of payroll on health benefits for workers. Similar proposals have been
'Wal-Mart bill' would remove healthcare subsidies
REGIONAL (March 8, 2006): A bill that would look at whether taxpayers are subsidizing large employers in the state by paying for their employees to be on Medicaid – dubbed the Wal-Mart bill – is expected to get a favorable committee review this week d
GOP in Albany Prepares To Target Wal-Mart, Other Retailers in N.Y. - March 8, 2006 - The New York Sun - NY News
March 8, 2006 ALBANY - Senate Republicans are considering legislation that would force hundreds of businesses, particularly retailers like Wal-Mart, to pay for health insurance for their employees.
Maine: Minimum wage bill advances
March 8, 2006 AUGUSTA -- The Maine Senate, voting largely along party lines, gave preliminary approval Tuesday to a bill that raises the state's minimum wage by 50 cents.
3.08.06 Michigan - Minimum-wage war flares
As a coalition working to increase Michigan's minimum wage moves toward getting its issue on the November ballot, economists and business officials are red-flagging the effort.
Health care bill sets up workers' rights battle
March 2, 2006
Senate Joins House; Votes in Favor of Minimum Wage Hike
The Maine Senate voted to ratchet up the state's minimum wage in two stages from $6.50 to $7.00 an hour by October 2007.
06 March 2006
NY legislators ride anti-Wal-Mart wave on employee health coverage - 2006-03-06
New York is among some 30 states nationwide where labor union-backed legislation has surfaced to require large employers like Wal-Mart to pay for at least minimal health care coverage for employees...
03 March 2006
NJ: Arguments continue over health care bill
Friday, March 03, 2006 BY DUNSTAN McNICHOL Star-Ledger Staff State labor unions and business advocates resumed their clash yesterday over a measure that would force large employers such as Wal- Mart to help cover the cost of public health insurance for th
Tennessee legislators pushing to raise minimum wage
Thursday, March 02, 2006 By HANK HAYES Times-News A group of Tennessee Democratic lawmakers announced Wednesday they would push legislation to raise the minimum wage from $5.15 per hour into the $6 to $7 per hour range...
PA: Group Rallies for Increase in Base Wage
Protesters calling for an increase in Pennsylvania’s $5.15-an-hour minimum wage rallied outside state Sen. David J. Brightbill’s Lebanon office yesterday, accusing Brightbill, the majority leader, of having reneged on a promise to get the Senate to vo
Moore Pushes for Minimum Wage Increase
State Treasurer Richard Moore called on Kinston residents Thursday to push local legislators to increase the state’s minimum wage by $1.
02 March 2006
AP Wire | 03/02/2006 | Report: 1 of every 6 Wal-Mart employees in Pa. is on Medicaid
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Almost one in six Wal-Mart employees in Pennsylvania was enrolled in the state's health care program for the poor and disabled last year, a newspaper reported Thursday.
$14 million paid by Minnesota for Wal-Mart workers, group says
A labor-funded group estimates Minnesota's tab for medical assistance received last year by Wal-Mart workers and calls for the state to disclose those costs. Pat Doyle, Star Tribune Last update: March 01, 2006 – 7:40 AM
Philadelphia Inquirer | 03/02/2006 | Many Wal-Mart workers use Medicaid
About one in six of Wal-Mart's 48,000 employees are enrolled in the Medicaid insurance program, at a total cost to the state of more than $15 million a year, according to state data...
Union: Wal-Mart taxed Mich. $23M in 2005
MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich., March 1 (UPI) -- More bad news for Wal-Mart: A Michigan union claims the retailer cost state taxpayers over $23 million in 2005. Michigan's United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 876 said it is spearheading a nationwide
Rhode Island: Workers Receive Minimum Wage Increase Today
March 1,2006 PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island workers are receiving the first of two increases to the state's minimum wage.
KCRG.com | KCRG TV9 Your 24 Hour News and Weather Source
Wednesday, March 01, 2006, 6:52:29 PM (Des Moines– KCRG) -- A proposal to raise Iowa's minimum wage is probably dead in this legislative session...
