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WAGE RULES LIMIT OPPORTUNITY WAGE-CONTROL ADVOCATES WON'T ADMIT THAT WORKERS LOSE WHEN GOVERNMENT TRIES TO HAR- NESS THE MARKET TO MEET POLITICAL OBJECTIVES.(OPINION)(Editorial)
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The vast majority of states keep their minimum wages in line with federal law, and Wisconsin will gain nothing by hiking its wage higher.
A new state council named by Gov. Jim Doyle has started meeting to review and recommend changes to the state's minimum wage, which currently matches the federal minimum of $5.15 an hour. The 17 members are to propose an increase by spring.
Labor groups claim a change is long overdue, noting that the wage hasn't been adjusted since September 1997. So what? Some states don't bother to set a state minimum at all, and their workers do not ...
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