Friday, March 10, 2006
SWOP homepage"At least can I get a raise on the minimum wage?"
karlos says: The Journal had a story this week about a meeting between the Guv and Mayor Marty about placing an initiative to increase the city's minimum wage on this November's ballot.
ACORN, along with a coalition of allies, has also been gathering petitions from voters to put the initiative on the ballot.
The Mayor has said he'd support a state-wide or federal minimum wage increase, but has been hesitant to support a city-wide increase.
I'm calling the Mayor today (768-3000) to tell him I support a city ballot initiative to raise the minimum wage. Then I'm going to send him an email.
**There's also a Federal minimum wage bill being sponsored by Sen. Kennedy that will supposedly increase the minimum wage to $7.15/hr in three increments. It's a start, I suppose. I signed on as a "citizen co-sponsor " of the bill.
bill richardson
minimum wage
