[Ct-nfb] question on Fair wage

[Blindhands at aol.com]

I am behind and please update me on this.
 
What happen to the Fair Wage bill?  I just received an email from  Senator 
Murphy   stating:
 
"The original WIA legislation was first passed by Congress in 1998,  and 
the law has been overdue for re-authorization since 2003. I was therefore  
proud to vote for S.1356, the Workforce  Investment Act of 2013, which was 
passed by the U.S. Senate  Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on 
July 31, 2013. This bill  contains changes to the legislation that reflect 
the ever-changing global  economy, as well as input from Connecticut 
businesses, education, and labor  groups. By allowing local workforce development 
organizations to tailor their  programs to their regions' specific needs, the 
legislation will help provide  local solutions to specific regional issues. 
The bill also focuses on improving the Job Corps program, which has 
recently  faced serious funding challenges, making the program more stable and 
allowing  young people to rely on these centers to give them the tools they need 
to  succeed.  
Rest assured that I will be encouraging my  colleagues to support this bill 
as it moves to the full Senate. Without it,  we're putting our country's 
economic future at a significant  disadvantage." 

So please advise, did they take out the part that we were fighting for them 
 to change or remove?
Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com 
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