A battle is already brewing over a bill that would allow youth to be paid less than Nebraska's voter-approved minimum wage.
The Business and Labor Committee voted 4-2 Tuesday to merge two bills and send an amended version of LB327 to the full Legislature.
But Sen. Danielle Conrad of Lincoln has already introduced a motion to indefinitely postpone the bill, a first step toward a filibuster. Conrad was a supporter of the petition drive, led by Sen. Terrell McKinney of Omaha, that got the minimum wage measure on last year's ballot. It passed easily, with nearly 59% of voters favoring the measure.
It bumped up the minimum wage to $10.50 an hour this year and requires additional increases each year until reaching $15 an hour by 2026. The minimum wage is to grow with inflation after that date.
LB327 was introduced by Sen. Jane Raybould of Lincoln, whose family owns a chain of grocery stores. Grocery owners were among the chief supporters of her bill and of LB15, introduced by Sen. Tom Briese of Albion. The committee amended provisions from Briese’s bill into LB327.
As amended by the committee, LB327 would create two exceptions to the state's minimum wage and limit the future increases.
First, it would create a...
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