HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974 10-24 Maplewood council votes contribution to fund challending minimum wage law DISPATCHThurs., Oct,24, '74 St.Paul Dispatch• (h) 5
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•Maplewood council votes
contribution• • •
`o fund challening minimum wage law
Maplewood's City Coun- But discuss it, Greavu: with the law. are more (kids) available and Murdock for their
cil voted 3-2 last week to did. # THE CITY hired about than we can hire. And stand.
contribute $100 to a fund And he j o i n e d with 130 parttime employes for they are good, qualified The local also accused
to be used to challenge the Councilman Norm Ander- the recreation program people." Bruton of "betraying the
constitutionality of t h e son in opposing the contri- last summer, Blank re- Councilman Burt Mur- trust placed in him by . . .
federal minimum wage bution — which will be- ported. dock said: "I think you organized labor." He was
law. come part of a $100,000 Mayor Bruton said he burn up ambition and ini- endorsed by labor at the
THE COUNCIL majori- fund being raised by the sees no harm in paying tiative if you overpay last election.
iy — Mayor Robert Bru- National League of Cities less than the minimum them." Maplewood's council
:on, plus Councilmen Don to litigate the minimum wage as long as there's an MEANWHILE L o c a 1 majority, the labor unit
Wiegert and Burt Mur- wage law all the way to abundant work force. 2725 of the American Fed- asserted, has a "blatant
Jock — argued that mu- the U.S.Supreme Court. "I had people calling eration of State, County disregard . . . for what
Zicipalities should be ex- Mayor Bruton said his me up complaining be- and Municipal Employes might best be described
�mpted from the law for concern was with sum- cause their kids didn't get have called for censuring• as a minimal program of
,emporary,parttime help. mertime help. hired," he said. "There .of Mayor Bruton, Wiegert labor standards."
"You know what I think It (the law) makes us
ibout this," Councilman pay more to college stu-
John Greavu said when dents who are willing to
vlayor Bruton raised the work for lower rates," he
ssue. explained. "I'm not look-.
"IT'S ABOUT the low- ing to applying it to any
!st thing a man can bring fulltime help." •
tp," he added. "I don't But Greavu warned that
wen want to discuss it." "once you open the door
on this stuff, you'll have it
(applying to)everyone."
"I FEEL this way," he
added. "If we can't pay
them (college students) a
fair wage, let's not hire
them." •
Recreation Director •
Eric Blank said the stu-
dents were paid $1.85 per .
hour during the past sum-
mer, 15 cents below the
minimum wage.
He said the minimum
increases to$2.10 per hour
effective Jan. 1.
The city, he reported,
will hire. fewer students
for the recreation pro-
gram if it must comply