Post by Logan on Feb 17, 2017 16:18:13 GMT -6
HARTFORD, CT—He wouldn’t handicap the chances of the General Assembly approving an increase in the minimum wage this year, but Senate President Martin Looney, D-New Haven, said he wouldn’t give up the fight because “it’s the right thing to do.”
“Raising a sufficient minimum wage in the state is not at all a luxury,” Looney said. “It is not a mere convenience. It is critically important for thousands upon thousands of Connecticut families.”
Last month, Connecticut’s minimum wage increased to $10.10 an hour, but advocates and labor unions have been pushing for $15 an hour.
However, the composition of lawmakers in the House and the Senate isn’t exactly favorable to passage. With a split Senate and a House where the majority of Democrats is so small that all it would take is four votes to defeat a measure, it won’t be easy to get a controversial proposal like a minimum wage hike across the finish line.
Read more: www.ctnewsjunkie.com/archives/entry/democratic_lawmakers_advocates_seek_minimum_wage
“Raising a sufficient minimum wage in the state is not at all a luxury,” Looney said. “It is not a mere convenience. It is critically important for thousands upon thousands of Connecticut families.”
Last month, Connecticut’s minimum wage increased to $10.10 an hour, but advocates and labor unions have been pushing for $15 an hour.
However, the composition of lawmakers in the House and the Senate isn’t exactly favorable to passage. With a split Senate and a House where the majority of Democrats is so small that all it would take is four votes to defeat a measure, it won’t be easy to get a controversial proposal like a minimum wage hike across the finish line.
Read more: www.ctnewsjunkie.com/archives/entry/democratic_lawmakers_advocates_seek_minimum_wage