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South Dakota GOP wants to erase state’s new minimum wage law
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/02/south-dakota-gop-wants-to-erase-states-new-minimum-wage-law/
South Dakota GOP wants to erase state’s new minimum wage law
International Business Times
10 Feb 2015 at 15:31 ET
Cole Stangler
Last November, South Dakotans voted to raise the minimum hourly wage to $8.50 and index future increases to the annual rate of inflation--or so they thought. Now, Republican legislators are pressing ahead with a bill that would allow the minimum wage to drop.
A proposal from Representative Jim Bolin, which was approved by a House committee on Friday, would eliminate language in the new law that expressly prevents the state from ever decreasing its inflation-adjusted minimum wage. Bolin’s logic: If the annual cost of living declines, then so should the minimum wage.
"If we're going to have a [consumer price index] component to this measure, we should have one that's a two-way street," Rep. Bolin told the committee last week.
Democrats in South Dakota say the proposal ignores popular will. Voters backed the recent wage hike--and the language barring a decline in the minimum wage--by a 55-45 margin.