MN Senate OKs wage hike; GOP says it’s bad policy

04/19/2007

By Conrad Defiebre,
Star Tribune
Last update: April 18, 2007


Minnesota's minimum wage would rise to as much as $7.75 an hour next year if a DFL bill given preliminary approval Wednesday in the state Senate becomes law.

But Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who signed a $1 increase in the wage floor to $6.15 an hour in 2005, said he would veto the new boost unless it is scaled back. In its current form, he wrote to legislators, it "would result in an uncompetitive burden on Minnesota's employers."

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