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  • CA: Wage-setting state body shuts down because of lack of funding (Industrial Welfare Commission)

    07/02/2004 10:16:05 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 6 replies · 120+ views
    Bakersfield Californian ^ | 7/2/04 | AP - Sacramento
    SACRAMENTO (AP) - The Industrial Welfare Commission, the five-member state panel that sets minimum wages and other working conditions, has gone out of business because of lack of funding. The commission shut down Thursday after legislative budget writers cut off its $237,000 in state support. Union leaders lobbied for the cutoff. "We didn't think they were worthy of their money because they're were not fulfilling their mission," said Tom Rankin, president of the California Labor Federation. "They are there to protect low-wage workers. They're not there to protect business." But Katie Quan, chairwoman of the Center for Labor Research and...