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Superior telegramPublished April 13, 2011, 12:25 PM
Legislature votes to overturn Milwaukee’s wishes on sick leave
Republican state lawmakers have sent a bill to the governor's desk that would overturn a Milwaukee ordinance that requires all employers to grant workers paid sick leave.
By: Shawn Johnson, Wisconsin Public Radio, Superior Telegram
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The sick leave ordinance was approved by Milwaukee voters in a 2008 referendum by a 69-31 percent margin. It's been tied up in court ever since, but was recently upheld by a court of appeals. The ordinance requires large employers to grant full-time employees up to nine paid sick days each year. It requires small businesses to grant five paid sick days.
"I would love for there to be more jobs in the city of Milwaukee,” says Stone
. “But we will not get there by making it more difficult for businesses to do business in Milwaukee. We need to create an environment where the rules are the same community to community."
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“Who are we as a legislative body to question 69-percent of the voters of the City of Milwaukee?” asks Sinicki . “It's not the first time we've done this in this chamber. Maybe we should just do away with the referendum process. Or maybe we should just do away with local government because we don't believe in either one."
The plan would also ban similar ordinances from being passed elsewhere in Wisconsin. Governor Scott Walker said he's inclined to sign it into law.
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No sick leave?? Whow!! Walker's Repug poodles have no hearts.