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State Representative Ryan Winkler
100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
651-296-7026
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Republicans Reject a Fair Deal for Minnesota Taxpayers, Middle-Class Public Employees
(ST. PAUL) — This morning, the Republican-led Subcommittee on Employee Relations recommended rejection of the public employee contract negotiated and agreed to by the Dayton Administration and public employee unions. The full legislature must now vote on the contracts in January 2013.
State Representative Ryan Winkler (DFL – Golden Valley) is a member of the Subcommittee on Employee Relations and released the following statement:
“Today, anti-union extremists chose to attack a fair and modest contract for our hard-working state employees. Unlike the legislators who constantly attack them, state employees have sacrificed. State employees lost $65 million in wages — nearly a 6 percent pay cut — during the Republican government shutdown last year.
“Beating up public employees and pitting middle-class workers against each other won’t make Minnesota a better state. The hard-working, middle-class men and women of this state deserve fair wages and fair benefits. They certainly deserve better than these Republican attacks.”
News Items
- House passes minimum wage increase to raise wages of over 350,000 Minnesotans - (Posted: May 3 2013 4:30PM)
- Select Committee on Living Wage Jobs reviews 30 years of Pay Equity Act and current gender, income and work issues in Minnesota - (Posted: Apr 16 2013 1:56PM)
- Select Committee on Living Wage Jobs to review 30 years of Pay Equity Act and address current gender, income and work issues - (Posted: Apr 15 2013 11:40AM)
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