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cali

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Wed Jun 5, 2013, 05:49 AM Jun 2013

S. Carolina, run by ALEC: Work Cheap, Work Sick

Just when you thought South Carolina couldn’t be more business friendly, the House has unanimously passed a bill, with no public debate, to ensure that we not only work cheap but work sick.

The bill, introduced by House Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee Chairman Bill Sandifer, prohibits local governments from requiring businesses to provide any employee benefits, such as sick leave. If it becomes law, the “work-sick” requirement will be tacked onto a “work-cheap” law Sandifer sponsored in 2002 that prohibits local governments from setting a minimum wage higher than the federal minimum. (South Carolina is one of five states with no minimum wage.)

Both laws have ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council, the corporate-funded bill mill where conservative legislators and corporate members collaborate on “model state legislation” that benefits the corporate bottom line.

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ALEC members have sponsored similar anti-benefit bills that have become law in six states. They target cities in Republican-controlled states that might consider sick-leave ordinances. Ironically, this bill is an example of the very “big government” that these same Republicans rail against.

Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/2013/06/05/2801709/bursey-can-being-too-business.html#storylink=cpy

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S. Carolina, run by ALEC: Work Cheap, Work Sick (Original Post) cali Jun 2013 OP
It's the right to work motto... Work cheap, work sick... midnight Jun 2013 #1
Good f**king grief...... marmar Jun 2013 #2
Tip- don't eat at a restaurant in SC if you wan't to avoid the flu or colds....n/t n2doc Jun 2013 #3
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