Economic trends and union struggles are pushing lawmakers to resolve through legislation questions once answered by collective bargaining.
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Lamont defends $1 boost in minimum wage
Gov. Lamont said Monday he remains fully supportive of the minimum wage increase legislation he signed into law last year.
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Retailer fails to get answer from Lamont on youth wage
The governor actually had a story to tell. But he didn’t.
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Despite speaker’s pledge, House won’t override Lamont veto of restaurant bill
Three days after pledging to override Gov. Ned Lamont’s veto of legislation crucial to an ongoing legal battle between restaurants and their workers, House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz reversed himself Monday.
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U.S. House approves minimum wage hike to $15 an hour
Unlike Connecticut’s minimum wage hike, the U.S. House bill would raise wages to $15 for all workers.
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House speaker anticipates at least one veto override attempt
House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz said members of his chamber haven’t caucused yet, but there’s a good chance they will want to resurrect a bill on workforce training needs. Lawmakers will return on July 22 for a veto session.
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If awkwardly, Lamont and labor unite over $15
Gov. Ned Lamont went to a Hartford nursing home Tuesday to sign a copy of legislation raising the minimum wage. The event was choreographed but the governor went off-script.
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Senate sends $15 minimum wage bill to Lamont
Connecticut’s minimum-wage workers will see their hourly wages rise from $10.10 to $15 over the next four-and-a-half years under legislation passed early Friday by the Senate and sent to Gov. Ned Lamont for his promised signature.
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Marathon debate, then House vote for $15 minimum wage
Democrats and Republicans sharply split in an overnight debate over whether raising Connecticut’s $10.10 minimum wage to $15 over four-and-a-half years is an overdue lift to low-wage workers or an ill-considered blow to small businesses in a state that has yet to fully recover from the Great Recession of 2008.
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Uncertainty, then overnight debate on $15 minimum wage
A deal to gradually raise the minimum wage to $15 over four years showed signs of fraying Wednesday night with some Democratic senators pushing to stretch out the implementation schedule for another six months or a year.
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House Democrats schedule vote on $15 minimum wage
House Democratic leaders said Tuesday they intend to call a vote Wednesday on a bill gradually raising the $10.10 minimum wage to $15 over four years.
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Minimum wage proposal vexes Connecticut nursing homes
The proposal to boost Connecticut’s minimum wage could put nursing homes and home-care providers in a squeeze.
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Lamont promotes paid leave, minimum wage to skeptical business leaders
The governor defended the legislation, along with his push for electronic tolls and the need for more investment in transportation.
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Lamont: ‘As a small-business person…’
Gov. Ned Lamont is not shy about his small-business credentials.
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The fight over $15? It’s over how fast to get there
It’s a good bet that Connecticut’s minimum wage will get to $15. The real question is how fast.