Iowa House backs $5 minimum wage plan by 1992
Speaker Don Avenson predicts overwhelming support for a bill raising Iowa’s minimum wage from 3.85 to 5.00 by 1992 with staged increases starting 1990. Des Moines sponsor Gary Sherzan cites national wage stagnation. opponents warn higher costs could deter industry and raise pay for other workers. Senate votes uncertain.
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Des Moines Bureau
DES Moines
House
Don Avenson
D-Oelwein
Iowa
Avenson
House Labor
Committee
Gary Sherzan
D-Des Moines
Sherzan
David Brashier
National Federation of Independent Business
Terry Branstad
Congress
Packinghouse head will not be rehired, Wynn says
UFCW international president William Wynn states he will not reinstate Lewie Anderson as head of the packinghouse division. He fired Anderson January 13 and cites failure to reliably carry out duties. Eleven local leaders and 12 Midwest locals pressed for Anderson’s reinstatement but Wynn adheres to his decision.
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Dale Kueter
United Food and Commercial Workers International
William Wynn
Lewie Anderson
UFCW
Wynn
Anderson
Lewis
Midwest
William Orwell
Phil Immosore
Jim Coleman
Cedar Rapids
Orwell
Omaha World-Herald
Florida
Dakota City
IBP
Olwell
Iowa Senate panel backs generic riverboat gambling bill
A Senate State Government subcommittee approved a generic riverboat gambling study bill to let Iowa Gaming officials decide how many floating casinos and where they sail. The Iowa Racing Commission would become a combined Racing and Gaming Commission to license riverboats, with up to five dollars per play and up to two hundred dollars lost per trip. The measure aims to broaden control and permit Indian reservation agreements under new federal guidelines, with a vote expected by mid March.
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Gazette Political
Des Moines
Senate
Mississippi River
Iowa
Wally Horn
Cedar Rapids
Horn
Iowa Racing Commission
The
Iowa Racing and
Gaming Commission
the Commission
Robert Carr
D-Dubuque
Bill Hutchins
D-Audubon
William Dieleman
Dpella
Ways and Means Committee
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