Posts Tagged ‘St. Paul’
Ensure Respect for Minimum Wage Laws
(Note: This article is co-authored with Laura Huizar, a staff attorney at the National Employment Law Project in Washington, D.C.) A few weeks ago, the St. Paul City Council introduced a draft ordinance that would raise the city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour. That’s a good start, but the Council must strengthen the bill’s…
Read MoreClaims that Raising the Minimum Wage to $15 in St. Paul Would Harm Workers Ignore the Facts
Note: the following is a letter co-signed with colleagues at the National Employment Law Project (NELP) and submitted to Mayor Melvin Carter and St. Paul City Council Members. * * * * * * * October 30, 2018 Dear Mayor Carter and Council Members, In September, the nonpartisan Citizens League’s Saint Paul Minimum Wage Study Committee released…
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