In a lead article published late yesterday, headlined How a powerful rightwing lobby is plotting to stop minimum wage hikes Britain's Guardian newspaper reports that the conservative business-friendly group ALEC met recently to strategize policy on how to combat the nationwide drive to increase the minimum wage. Despite its generally low profile, ALEC has drawn scrutiny recently for promoting gun rights policies like the Stand Your Ground law at the center of the Trayvon Martin shooting case in Florida, as well as bills to weaken labor unions and tighten voter identification rules.
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