Schwarzenegger proposes dollar hike in minimum wage

[Kadie]

Schwarzenegger proposes dollar hike in minimum wage
By TOM CHORNEAU, Associated Press Writer

Friday, December 30, 2005


(12-30) 13:44 PST SACRAMENTO, (AP) --


Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is expected to propose a $1 increase in the state's minimum wage after vetoing similar legislature this year, a further indication that he is cultivating a more moderate image as he begins his re-election year.


An aide to the governor said the proposal will be included in Schwarzenegger's State of the State speech on Thursday.


Under the plan, the hourly wage would rise from $6.75 to $7.25 in September and to $7.75 in July 2007.


Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill last September that would have provided the same wage increase but also mandated automatic hikes to keep pace with inflation. In his veto message, the governor said he believed it was time to raise the minimum wage but did not support the annual increase.


The new proposal does not include an automatic yearly increase.

more...
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/12/30/state/n134400S60.DTL

[Toots]

1. It is a good compromise and Democrats should back it

I doubt he will get much Republican support for this though...

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

2. Here in Washington we have the "highest" mw @ $7.35.

Still a couple bucks short.


Find your state's crappy mw:
http://www.dol.gov/esa/minwage/america.htm#Washington

[sandnsea]

10. We'll be $7.50 on Sunday

We're indexed in Oregon. Did you guys get indexing? It kind of sucks in one way though, raises people get are wiped out by the indexing. When my kids worked min wage jobs, they felt like their time and experience wasn't being rewarded.

I didn't know you were in WA state. Where at?

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

12. We'll raise ours shortly as well. $7.65?

A Northwest battle for a semblance of decency.

A: The wondrous Kitsap Peninsula.

[sandnsea]

14. That's good news

Maybe we should coordinate on a health plan for the future, so we could really lead on quality of life and economic competition.

I've never been further north than Castle Rock, where I lived back in 86. I've always planned to get up to your area, I know it's beautiful and I'd love to go to Seattle and the rainforest. *sigh* One of these days.

[Maine-ah]

18. wow, I knew Maine was low at the $6.35

but there are way more states that are lower than mine. People here can't survive on the $6.35 how are others surviving on $5 or less? This is very disturbing.

[fasttense]

3. Hmmm, has the terminator figured out who

does most of the living, and dying, and voting in California?

[onehandle]

4. Please re-"elect" me. Please! Please! Please!

I don't want to be a girly loserman!

[Imagine My Surprise]

5. Bingo!

[Imagine My Surprise]

6. He'll probably be wearing flip flops for that speech

[xxqqqzme]

7. ain't gonna work steroid boy

say bah-bye 2 Sacramento (not that he spends all that nuch time there anyway).

[bemildred]

8. Good. nt

[davidinalameda]

9. too little too late

what he should be doing is repaying the state for that damned special election he was so hot to run

[chaumont58]

11. Swartzengroper has a new role: he is playing a Democrat

First chance I get, I'm voting for a real Democrat.

[2Design]

13. why not automatic 4000 a year like congress gets EVERY YEAR

this minimum wage bs is just that bs

[LibDemAlways]

15. Even $7.75 is woefully inadequate

in a state in which the cost of living is through the roof. $7.75 an hour for a 40 hour week works out to $310.00 a week before deductions. OK, slightly better than what we have now, but still nothing to celebrate.

[Lost-in-FL]

16. We raised ours in Florida... and as a punishment from Jebby...

They raised all the toll roads... and much more toll plazas to come.

[Sandpiper]

17. Now that he's a lame duck he's pretending to be Populist

The legislature tried to increase minimum wage once before, and Ahnuld vetoed it.

But that was when he still had delusions of grandeur, before Californians rejected his right wing junta wholesale in the last special election.