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Grassroots group submits petition for wage raise

By Washington Examiner
Published May 28, 2014 8:05pm ET
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Grassroots group submits petition for wage raise
Members of a coalition working to raise Michigan's minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, from the current $7.40 an hour, prepare to file more than 300,000 signatures Wednesday, May 28, 2014, in Lansing, Mich., for a measure to appear on the November ballot. The signature submission comes one day after Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation raising the minimum wage to $9.25 an hour by 2018. (AP Photo/Emma Fidel) | Emma Fidel

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Labor and community organizers have submitted about 320,000 petition signatures calling for a Michigan ballot initiative to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour by 2017.

The Raise Michigan group filed the petitions Wednesday, one day after Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation raising Michigan’s minimum wage to $9.25 an hour by 2018. Lawmakers say they aimed to repeal and replace the law that the ballot initiative would amend.

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