Hang on to That Paycheck! ALEC "Sharpens Focus on Jobs"

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http://truth-out.org/news/item/8625-hang-onto-that-paycheck-alec-sharpens-focus-on-jobs

ALEC's Race to the Bottom in Wages for American Workers

The "Living Wage Mandate Preemption Act" would repeal and then ban local "living wage" ordinances like the ones in some 140 cities that provide a higher minimum for city workers/contractors -- enough to maintain a safe, decent standard of living in a community. Similarly, the ALEC "Starting (Minimum) Wage Repeal Act" would preempt the ability of localities to pay a minimum wage higher than the federal level. Some 22 states allow starting wages, but ALEC objects to the policy as an "unfunded mandate."

The ALEC "Prevailing Wage Repeal Act" would get rid of all state prevailing wage laws that give workers engaged in public works contracts a regional, average salary in an attempt to prevent contractors from entering into a race to the bottom in worker wages to win contract bids.

ALEC has a sweeping anti-union agenda that would cripple labor's ability to serve as an effective counterweight to corporate CEOs. Let's start with decades of support for "Right to Work" and "Paycheck Protection" legislation, and other measures to disempower and defund unions.

On collective bargaining, ALEC's "Public Employee Freedom Act" declares that "an employee should be able to contract on their own terms" and "mandatory collective bargaining laws violate this freedom." This ALEC bill and the "Public Employer Payroll Deduction Policy Act" prohibit automatic payroll deductions for union dues, a key aspect of Walker's collective bargaining bill struck down by a federal court judge.

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[xchrom]

1. Du rec. Nt

[MrYikes]

2. If only we could remember history. nt

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[Cirque du So-What]

3. Some of us remember

but the task of getting some other people to heed our warnings is difficult. You can lead a horse's ass to info, but you can't make him think.

[Tom1960]

4. also....scientific fact....

there are more horses asses than there are horses.

[tk2kewl]

5. k&r

[PA Democrat]

6. And progressives will sharpen their focus on members of ALEC.