Showing posts with label Ohio Senate Republicans Attempt To Gut State Minimum Wage Law. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ohio Senate Republicans Attempt To Gut State Minimum Wage Law. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Ohio Senate Republicans Attempt To Gut State Minimum Wage Law

Ohio is one of 17 states that require workers to be paid above the minimum wage mandated by federal law. But Ohio Senate Republicans areworking to limit the number of people eligible to earn that wage, attaching an amendment to an omnibus budget bill that would circumvent the law and prevent an untold number of workers from collecting the state-mandated minimum wage.