Post by Logan on Jun 28, 2016 18:43:02 GMT -6
Community activists in Minneapolis have now gathered twice as many signatures as needed to put a $15-an-hour minimum wage proposal on the ballot this November as a city charter amendment.
People see that “politics as usual” is not working. Some Minneapolis workers sleep in homeless shelters because they cannot afford housing. More than 1 of 4 Minneapolis residents lives in poverty, and half of all black households do. Voters have proposed this ballot initiative out of frustration.
I’m not a Minneapolis resident and cannot vote on the proposal. However, as the author of legislation that would phase in a $15 minimum wage statewide, I’d like to add some comments that might be helpful.
Let’s look at the merits of a $15 minimum wage. We have a broken economy when many hardworking families cannot afford basic necessities such as food, rent and health care. That needs to change.
Read more: www.startribune.com/15-an-hour-minimum-wage-first-minneapolis-then-statewide/384768251/
People see that “politics as usual” is not working. Some Minneapolis workers sleep in homeless shelters because they cannot afford housing. More than 1 of 4 Minneapolis residents lives in poverty, and half of all black households do. Voters have proposed this ballot initiative out of frustration.
I’m not a Minneapolis resident and cannot vote on the proposal. However, as the author of legislation that would phase in a $15 minimum wage statewide, I’d like to add some comments that might be helpful.
Let’s look at the merits of a $15 minimum wage. We have a broken economy when many hardworking families cannot afford basic necessities such as food, rent and health care. That needs to change.
Read more: www.startribune.com/15-an-hour-minimum-wage-first-minneapolis-then-statewide/384768251/