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12 April 2006

California Labor Federation - Minimum Wage

hour. Although our cost of living is sky-high, we have the lowest minimum wage of any state on the West Coast. Our minimum wage is not enough to allow a working family to afford basics like housing and healthcare in California. The only way to help minimu

06 April 2006

04.05.06 CA: Yes to minimum wage increase, no to escalator

HOW WOULD you like to wait four years for a pay raise? That's what happened to Californians who are working for minimum wage, which has been $6.75 since 2002. Two bills that would give 1.4million minimum-wage earners a raise to $7.75 an hour and adjustmen

05 April 2006

CA: SB 593

Requires for-profit companies with 20,000 or more employees to reimburse the state for costs incurred in the public assistance programs by providing benefits to the company's employees. In committee.

CA: SB 1414 Assembly Bill - Status

Author: Migden LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 04/03/2006 LAST HIST. ACTION : Hearing postponed by committee. COMM. LOCATION : SEN HEALTH

CA: SB 1414 Senate Bill - History

Establishes the Fair Share Health Care Fund; Requires for-profit employers with 10,000 or more employees to spend at least eight percent on health insurance and non-profit companies of the same size to spend six percent. If employers do not meet the mand

CA: SB 1414 Senate Bill Text

Establishes the Fair Share Health Care Fund; Requires for-profit employers with 10,000 or more employees to spend at least eight percent on health insurance and non-profit companies of the same size to spend six percent. If employers do not meet the mand

CA: SB1414

Establishes the Fair Share Health Care Fund; Requires for-profit employers with 10,000 or more employees to spend at least eight percent on health insurance and non-profit companies of the same size to spend six percent. If employers do not meet the mand

03 April 2006

04.01.06 CA: Minimum Wage Hearings Not Doing Much For Gov.

Sacramento, CA – When it comes to raising the minimum wage, it seems like no one can agree. The California Labor Federation is sponsoring bills in the Assembly and Senate to boost the $6.75 minimum wage by $1 and make future increases automatic with the

30 March 2006

03.30.06 CA: Minimum wage hike stalls / Governor's plan dies, and he says he'll veto Democrats' plan

Sacramento -- A key piece of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's re-election year agenda suffered a setback Wednesday as his bid to raise the minimum wage by $1 failed in its first legislative hearing. Senate Democrats instead approved a broader proposal that

27 March 2006

03.27.06 CA: Minimum Wage Bills Face Challenge In Sacramento

(AP) SACRAMENTO Three bills to raise the minimum wage - one backed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and two by Democrats - face tests this week in the California Legislature. All three measures would boost the hourly minimum wage by $1 to $7.75, making it on

10 March 2006

03.10.06 Editorial: Healthcare bill properly targets Wal-Mart - Los Angeles Times

Re "Why pick on Wal-Mart?" editorial, March 2 Your editorial echoes the uncourageous murmuring that Fair Share Health Care legislation is bad healthcare policy because it doesn't go far enough. Addressing the plight and hardship of 75,000 Californians —

06 March 2006

California: How high should minimum wage go? | Asbury Park Press Online

March 6, 2006 Responding to soaring living costs in the town 70 miles south of San Francisco, supporters are collecting signatures for a ballot initiative that would make Santa Cruz the fourth U.S. city to adopt its own minimum wage. Employers would ha

01 March 2006

SACRAMENTO / Bill would make corporations get shareholder OK for political donations / Measure mirrors failed tactic that focused on unions

Wednesday, March 1, 2006 Sacramento -- Rekindling a political power struggle between unions and business interests, proposed legislation would require corporations to ask shareholders whether they approve of contributions made to California candidates or

27 February 2006

BeyondChron: San Francisco's Alternative Online Daily News » Guest Editorial: The End of the Eight Hour Day

February 27, 2006 On February 10th, the California Restaurant Association filed an initiative with the California Attorney General's office. They want to raise the minimum wage to $7.75. This has to be a first, a business group filing an initiative to in

23 February 2006

California | 02/10/2006 | Worker health care bill eyed

SACRAMENTO - State Sen. Carole Migden plans to introduce legislation soon to force large companies such as Wal-Mart to pay more for their employees' health care costs, something that more than two dozen other states also are contemplating. Migden's bil

Capitol Weekly: Ballot initiative would boost minimum wage while reducing overtime

Thomas Hiltachk filed the "Fair Pay Workplace Flexibility Act of 2006" with the Attorney General on Feb. 10. If it makes it to the ballot and is passed by voters, it would lift the state's minimum wage from the current $6.75 to $7.25 on July 1, 2007, a