Incoming Florida House speaker and Republican state senator to oppose $15 minimum wage at Monday

[TexasTowelie]

Incoming Florida House speaker and Republican state senator to oppose $15 minimum wage at Monday press conference


Incoming House Speaker Chris Sprowls, a Republican from Palm Harbor, and state Republican Chairman Joe Gruters, a senator from Sarasota, are set to host an online news conference opposing Amendment 2, which voters will begin seeing on their ballots this week.

The proposed amendment would gradually raise Florida’s minimum wage to $15 an hour. To approve it, voters must pass the measure by 60 percent or more by the Nov. 3 election day.

Also taking part in the news conference will be Carol Dover, president and CEO of the Florida Restaurant & Lodging Association.

The "2 Hurts You" campaign claims "The middle of a pandemic is not the time for a social experiment with our spiraling economy," but proponents at the "Florida For $15" campaign say "the system is broken and has always been for too many people. And now, working families in Florida are facing overlapping crises of an economic recession, the ongoing pandemic, and systemic racism."

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[MichaelSoE]

1. If Amendment 2 passes they will rat fuck it like they did with felons can vote amendment

They will write some law. How about .. $15 an hour only needs to be paid to full time employees. Part time workers, temps and privately contracted are shit out of luck.

And thank for all your FL tidbits. I read them all so I know what the bastards are up to.

[TexasTowelie]

2. You're welcome

and I agree with your assessment that the legislators will not allow all workers to receive a $15 an hour minimum wage. I suspect another prospect is that there will be a "training wage" for new hires so that they can create a cycle of workers that will be evaluated at a certain point after being hired--some of the workers will receive a pay increase while others will be terminated so that new workers are hired at the lower wage.