Minimum Wage A Raise For Some (Businesses who pay less)

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/06/03/national/main699392.shtml

This week Ansoumana Faty, a former grocery deliveryman in New York City, will pick up a paycheck for $7,000. Meanwhile, in upstate New York, the waiters and waitresses at the New Delhi Diamond's Restaurant in Ithaca will share a cash payout of $10,000.

They are among hundreds of people in New York who are getting reimbursed back wages and unpaid overtime as a result of recent legal settlements. Many of the employees were paid as little as $2 an hour, in jobs they worked for 10 to 12 hours a day.

Across the country, a growing number of states, advocacy groups - and even individual workers - are fighting back against wage abuses in the workplace.

From New York to California, several state attorneys general are targeting violations of state and federal minimum-wage and overtime laws. One reason: State authorities believe the infractions are growing as the economy becomes more service-oriented - and are showing up in new industries.

[Daphne08]

1. This reminds me of something.

Did everyone hear the story John Edwards told about the lady who owns a pizza parlor? (His speech is on C-Span if you have not heard it.)

She told him that it gave her a sense of pride to pay her staff.

Also, when he asked her how many employees she had, she responded,

"There are eight of us."

And there's your basic difference between Democrats and Republicans!