Less than an hour before a state committee passed a bill that would greatly weaken local minimum-wage ordinances, an aide to a top lawmaker said the proposal stands little chance of making it through the Senate.
A state Senate committee will hear bills Monday that would prevent local minimum-wage ordinances and residency rules from applying to contractors that get state and federal money funneled through local governments.
The Wisconsin Assembly is set to vote on a bill that would end minimum wage mandates for local government workers and contractors paid with state or federal money.
The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors passed a living wage ordinance Thursday that would require workers on some county contracts be paid $11.33 an hour.