U.S. News & World Report, February 19, 2017: Iowa GOP Bill to Reverse Raises Worries Low-income Workers
“Officials in Polk County estimate 25,000 workers would benefit from the county’s wage increase to $10.75 by 2019. In Linn County, officials said 14,000 low-wage workers would benefit.
Misty Rebik, co-founder of the Iowa City-based Center for Worker Justice of Eastern Iowa, said she saw middle-aged employees who had worked for several years at fast food restaurants receive their first pay raises after the county decisions. For some low-income parents, she said, it meant no longer deciding between buying diapers or food for their children.”