Straight Facts About Our Candidates
Wisconsin Governor
GOVERNOR JIM DOYLE FIGHTS FOR WORKING FAMILIES
Increased Wisconsin’s Minimum Wage. Gov. Jim Doyle initiated an increase in the minimum wage to $6.50 an hour, giving a raise to 200,000 Wisconsin workers.
(Wausau Daily Herald, 6/2/06)
Protected Our Health Care Coverage. Gov. Doyle defended employer-sponsored health care and proposed an initiative to hold down catastrophic care costs. His BadgerCare Plus guarantees our children access to health care. (S.B.568, 2004; AP, 5/28/04;
Wausau Daily Herald, 1/19/06; The Post-Crescent, 1/22/06; The Marshfield News, 5/5/06)
Preserved Our Overtime Pay Rights. Gov. Doyle preserved Wisconsin’s overtime pay protections, refusing to change them to match new federal rules that take overtime protection away from millions of workers nationwide. (AP, 8/20/04)
MARK GREEN HAS FAILED WORKING FAMILIES
Opposed Raising the Minimum Wage. Mark Green voted against increasing the minimum wage, against accelerating a minimum wage increase and has said the minimum wage is “almost irrelevant” and is “oftentimes a false issue.” (A.B. 1125, 2/9/94;
Vote #43; H.R. 3846, 3/9/00; Green Bay Press-Gazette, 12/12/99)
Attacked Our Health Care. Mark Green voted to let businesses avoid state insurance regulations and sided with HMOs to limit the rights of injured patients. He created special protections for negligent HMOs. (H.R. 525, Vote # 426, 7/26/05; H.R. 2663, 8/2/01)
Threatened Our Overtime Pay and Wages. Mark Green voted to weaken wage and hour protections and to eliminate overtime pay eligibility for 8 million workers. (H. Amdt. 367, H.R. 3010, Vote #38, 6/24/05; H.R. 2660, 7/10/03)
VOTE Nov. 7
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