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Robert Wirch: “I had two bills. One was raising a minimum wage. The other…”

Featuring: Robert Wirch, Democratic | Wisconsin State Senate, District 22

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Interview with Senator Robert Wirch

Published | Video Starts at 06:27

So they simply kill it. They never bring it up for a committee hearing. They let the Clock run out. That's what they did. The last session I had two bills. One was raising a minimum wage. The other one was wage theft to help low income workers. that are getting ripped off by employers. It would simply set up kind of like a contract. They would specify employer, employee. Look, this is what you were hired in. (06:27–06:38)

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