Iowa governor signs law to prevent raise in minimum wage

[workinclasszero]

Iowa governor signs law to prevent raise in minimum wage
Posted 7:52 am, March 31, 2017, by WQAD Digital Team, Updated at 07:57AM, March 31, 2017

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Terry Branstad has signed into law a ban on local governments raising the minimum hourly wage and another law changing Iowa's workers' compensation system.

Branstad signed the measures Thursday at a public event.

The National Employment Law Project says Iowa is one of two states to reverse local wage increases that have already gone into effect.

The wage reversal is effective immediately and comes just days before Polk County, the state's most populous county, was set to raise pay for some workers.

http://wqad.com/2017/03/31/branstad-signs-laws-restricting-wages-workers-compensation/

[ananda]

1. Will this pass court muster?

(I hope not.)

[workinclasszero]

2. Funny how these massive hypocrite republicans are pro local control

until it might cost them money.

[Ohioblue22]

4. the constitution gives power to the states not cities or counties

[workinclasszero]

5. Working class people elect these republican scumbags

I hope workers in Iowa will wake up from their fox news, hate radio, mega church brainwashing with this republican kick to the face!

[RKP5637]

6. FFS, are these people illiterate when they vote. The get sh** on over and over

and vote people like this and others into office, often over and over again. One can only blame it on Fox News and the like for so long, then you have to conclude, these people are basically stupid and unable to learn.

[TEB]

9. I also have asked this question many times

And I have been very vulgar with people thinking they will get my question. in asking them why they vote there asses away , by voting for the GOP I ask them do they enjoy being( here I will use term sodomized )constantly by the repugs.

[Calculating]

7. Republicans love to use and abuse the ignorant poor

When it's not election time they're all about working the poor into the ground and cheating them out of fair wages. Come election time they sucker the poor again and again into voting against their best economic interests, usually by talking about abortion/immigrants/gays/etc and how they'll "PUT AMERICA BACK TO WORK!". Yeah they'll put you to work alright... They'll work you into the ground for poverty wages with no benefits, and tell you to go without a phone and tv if you want healthcare. Maybe the poor do deserve it if they're truly dumb enough to get Republiconned over and over again.

[dawg]

8. They voted for a Republican governor. That's what they got.

Ain't democracy grand?

[Vinca]

10. Who would guess a GOP governor apparently enjoys subsidizing families?

If people can't earn a living, that means they qualify for federal and state aid.