How ALEC Plans to Undo Minimum Wage Increases in 2015

by Nina Liss-Schultz, Reporting Fellow, RH Reality Check
December 18, 2014 - 4:39 pm

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) laid out its blueprint for 2015 at its annual meeting in early December, making public a plan that includes attacks on labor unions, paid sick leave, and minimum wage increases that have proven popular across the political spectrum.

Despite the GOP gains in both Congress and statehouses across the country, the midterm elections saw the passage of several progressive measures fought for years by Republicans. Among those measures were several state and local minimum wage increases.