Ohio Minimum Wage Initiative (2006)
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Ohio Minimum Wage Initiative, also known as Ballot Measure 2, appeared on the November 2006 ballot in Ohio as an initiated constitutional amendment, where it was approved.
- Yes: 2,205,850
- No: 1,687,996
Ballot impact
The measure increased the minimum wage from $5.15 to $6.85 in Ohio starting on January 1, 2007 with further increases each year to make up for inflation.[1]
Support
The proponents of the measure were Ohioans for a Fair Minimum Wage and the key sponsors were labor unions and the community organizing group ACORN, who supported similar measures in five other states during 2006.
Donors to Yes on 2
There were 107 donors to Ohioans for a Fair Minimum Wage, which altogether spent $3,653,549 promoting the measure. Donors to the committee included:
- National Education Association, $710,000.
- AFL-CIO, $550,000.
- New Orleans ACORN Democracy Campaign, $330,000.
- Little Rock ACORN, $300,000.
- Democratic Governors Association, $250,000.
- Change to Win PAC, $200,000.
- George Soros, $110,000.
- Ballot Initiative Strategy Center, $28,500.[2]
Opposition
Those who opposed the measure included Ohioans to Protect Personal Privacy and Congressman Mike DeWine, who had voted to kill or delay at least nine attempts to increase the federal minimum wage in the Senate. On the eve of his possible re-election, he changed his tune after reading public opinion polls showing that the majority of Ohioans supported raising the minimum wage. That change of opinion came too late for DeWine and he lost the election to Sherrod Brown, who openly supported the measure.[3]
Donors to opposition
"Ohioans to Protect Personal Privacy" spent $1,784,245 to defeat the measure. Donors to this committee included:
- National Federation of Independent Business, $245,000.
- McDonald's, $107,000.
- National Restaurant Association, $100,000
- Outback Steakhouse, $75,000.
- Timken, $75,000.
- Procter & Gamble, $75,000.[4]
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References
- ↑ "Ohio Initiative and Referenda: Issue 2", National Conference of State Legislatures
- ↑ Donors to Yes on 2
- ↑ CommonDreams.org: "Waging Victory", published by The American Prospect, November 11, 2006
- ↑ Donors to Ohioans to Protect Personal Privacy
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