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2019-04-15 Senate Journal
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Full Journal pdf2019-04-15 Senate Journal Page 0831 Senator Kawasaki offered Amendment No. 1 : Page 1, line 1, following "trade;": Insert "urging the United States Congress to change the production wage rate calculation in the United States-Mexico- Canada Agreement from an average hourly base rate to a minimum hourly base rate;" Page 3, line 8, following "marketplace;": Insert "and WHEREAS, under ch. 4, art. 7, n. 76 of the United States- Mexico-Canada Agreement, the production wage rate of $16 an hour is calculated as an average hourly base rate, which minimizes the potential effect of the production wage rate by allowing employers to pay some workers much less than $16 an hour and use the pay of high wage workers to raise the average wage rate;" Page 3, line 11, following "agreement": Insert "with a change to the production wage rate calculation" Page 3, line 17, following "United States": Insert "; and be it FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature urges the United States Congress to change the production wage rate calculation under ch. 4, art. 7, n. 76 of the United States-Mexico- Canada Agreement from an average hourly base rate to a minimum hourly base rate" Senator Kawasaki moved for the adoption of Amendment No. 1. Senator Costello objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 1 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: SJR 8 Second Reading Amendment No. 1? YEAS: 6 NAYS: 13 EXCUSED: 1 ABSENT: 0