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Coincidence? I warned you...

See: Breadwinners vs Freeloaders

CR Gazette: State, union agree to 3% raises

DES MOINES — The state of Iowa and its largest employees union have reached agreement on a collective bargaining contract that will provide a 3 percent across-theboard pay increase for each of the next two fiscal years, union officials confirmed Thursday.

Although no "direct tie" between the minimum wage increase and this one is alleged, I can't believe that the words of former union thug Edward T. Hanley weren't heeded:

“The purpose of the minimum wage is to … provide a floor from which we can upgrade your compensation through collective bargaining.”

[Source: Edward T. Hanley in Catering Industry Employee, December 1977, p. 3. Cited in Belton M. Fleisher, Minimum Wage Regulation in the United States (Washington: National Chamber Foundation, 1983), p. 9.]

And I'm sure they didn't ignore the advice of AFSCME Council 61 and AFSCME Local 12 at the University of Iowa Labor Center workshop.

Bottom of Page: Protecting the "floor" under our wages: Minimum wage laws affect our wages.

Good thing the Legislature didn't pass that automatic increase every year proposal the Democrats floated.

If you're scoring at home:

Minimum Wage --
Unions and Democrats: 1
Part Time Teenagers: 0
Business Owners: 0

Anyone still really think they should continue to call it "fair share"?

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