The victory for proponents of a new $15 per hour minimum
wage in Minneapolis turned out to be short-lived. Yesterday, the Minnesota
Supreme Court issued an expedited ruling
that struck down a lower court ruling that had required a ballot referendum to
amend the Minneapolis City Charter to add the increased minimum wage for Minneapolis
workers. We recently blogged
about that campaign and the lower court’s ruling. The Supreme Court issued an abbreviated
decision, due to the rapidly approaching date for printing ballots, with a more
detailed decision to be issued later.
Proponents of an increased Minneapolis minimum wage will
now need to regroup and refocus their strategy towards lobbying the Minneapolis
City Council and Mayor for enactment of a city ordinance, if Minneapolis is to
join the growing list of cities and states seeking to adopt the higher minimum
wage.
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