Progress Michigan: Voters Want Their Voice to be Heard on Minimum Wage

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan May 13, 2014 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan: Voters Want Their Voice to be Heard on Minimum Wage Lawmakers cannot silence public support behind the effort to raise Michigan’s minimum wage LANSING — Progress Michigan is calling on lawmakers to let the voters decide when it…

An Ideology of Fear

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Last week, after it became clear that volunteers and workers from around Michigan would secure enough signatures to put a minimum wage increase on the November ballot, Senator Randy Richardville introduced a bill designed to stop the Raise Michigan campaign in its tracks. Once again, Richardville and his allies are using dirty tricks to stifle…