Minimum wage hearing on Tuesday
State, Local Democrats to hold Public Hearing on Statewide Minimum Wage Increase
OSHKOSH – Assembly Democratic Leader Jim Kreuser (D-Kenosha), local government consultant Gordon Hintz, former Executive Director of the Wisconsin League of Women Voters LuAnn Bird, and Steve Dedow, local labor leader are among those expected to speak Tuesday at a public hearing on a statewide minimum wage increase that will be held Tuesday, January 18 at the Oshkosh Public Library announced last Friday. Governor Jim Doyle highlighted the need for an increase in the $5.15 minimum wage during his recent State of the State address but majority Republicans in the legislature have blocked a vote. The Oshkosh public hearing is one of twelve scheduled throughout the state and is open to the public.
“The Governor has again asked the Legislature to do the right thing and raise the minimum wage,” said Representative Jim Kreuser (D-Kenosha). “The Republican majority is trying to kill this proposal with parliamentary tricks. While they play games with wages for working families, we will go out community by community organizing for this pay increase.”
In December 2003, Governor Doyle’s Minimum Wage Advisory Council adopted an increase under a process that has existed since 1919. Economists, labor and business leaders were represented on the council and recommended raising the minimum wage to $6.50 per hour.
Republican legislators remain steadfast in their opposition to raising pay for low-wage workers despite public support for an increase from the Wisconsin Restaurant Association, the Wisconsin Merchants Federation, the Wisconsin chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business, the Wisconsin Grocers Association and Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce.
Gordon Hintz, a consultant for local governments at Public Administration Associates LLC in Oshkosh, said he would join the call for a higher statewide minimum wage.
“It has been nearly eight years since minimum wage workers received a pay raise, but our legislators have increased their own pay several times. It is time for the legislature to stop blocking this minimum wage increase, and I think that message will be heard loud and clear on Tuesday,” said Hintz.
Public Hearing on Statewide Minimum Wage Increase * Tuesday, January 18 at 3:30 pm * Oshkosh Public Library - Room A; 106 Washington Avenue, Oshkosh, WI
OSHKOSH – Assembly Democratic Leader Jim Kreuser (D-Kenosha), local government consultant Gordon Hintz, former Executive Director of the Wisconsin League of Women Voters LuAnn Bird, and Steve Dedow, local labor leader are among those expected to speak Tuesday at a public hearing on a statewide minimum wage increase that will be held Tuesday, January 18 at the Oshkosh Public Library announced last Friday. Governor Jim Doyle highlighted the need for an increase in the $5.15 minimum wage during his recent State of the State address but majority Republicans in the legislature have blocked a vote. The Oshkosh public hearing is one of twelve scheduled throughout the state and is open to the public.
“The Governor has again asked the Legislature to do the right thing and raise the minimum wage,” said Representative Jim Kreuser (D-Kenosha). “The Republican majority is trying to kill this proposal with parliamentary tricks. While they play games with wages for working families, we will go out community by community organizing for this pay increase.”
In December 2003, Governor Doyle’s Minimum Wage Advisory Council adopted an increase under a process that has existed since 1919. Economists, labor and business leaders were represented on the council and recommended raising the minimum wage to $6.50 per hour.
Republican legislators remain steadfast in their opposition to raising pay for low-wage workers despite public support for an increase from the Wisconsin Restaurant Association, the Wisconsin Merchants Federation, the Wisconsin chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business, the Wisconsin Grocers Association and Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce.
Gordon Hintz, a consultant for local governments at Public Administration Associates LLC in Oshkosh, said he would join the call for a higher statewide minimum wage.
“It has been nearly eight years since minimum wage workers received a pay raise, but our legislators have increased their own pay several times. It is time for the legislature to stop blocking this minimum wage increase, and I think that message will be heard loud and clear on Tuesday,” said Hintz.
Public Hearing on Statewide Minimum Wage Increase * Tuesday, January 18 at 3:30 pm * Oshkosh Public Library - Room A; 106 Washington Avenue, Oshkosh, WI
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