Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Corporate Front Groups Battle State Minimum Wage Hikes | AFL-CIO NOW BLOG

As states like Connecticut, Iowa, New Jersey, and New York are looking to raise the minimum wage, they are meeting opposition from well-funded political groups who seek to increase corporate profit. …..So where does such fierce opposition to it come from? Enter the Employment Policies Institute, a corporate-backed spreader of misinformation and propaganda that rakes in the money every time the minimum wage issue enters the political debate (this is not to be confused with the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a think tank we often cite as legitimate).

Corporate Front Groups Battle State Minimum Wage Hikes AFL-CIO NOW BLOG

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