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Memphis and Shelby County Living Wage Campaigns
Tens
of thousands
of Memphis workers are not able to meet their families' basic
needs
for shelter, food, transportation, and health care on their wages alone.
Despite working hard, they are forced to rely on public assistance, charitable
help, or second and third jobs in order to make ends meet. Without a living
wage, they face uncertainty about how they will care for themselves and their
children.
Workers Interfaith Network believes that
everyone who works should earn a
living wage, especially if their employer
is being supported with our taxpayer dollars.
That's why WIN's
members, in coalition with 42 faith, labor, and community organizations,
fought to pass living wage ordinances in the Memphis City Council and the Shelby County Commission.
Now thousands of Mid-South
workers who keep our city and county clean, secure, and
running smoothly are paid a living wage that allows them to meet
their basic
needs. Workers covered by the ordinance include city and county workers,
workers on city and county service contracts (including Memphis Light,
Gas and Water contracts),
and many workers at companies
receiving property tax freezes from our city and county.
In partnership with Let Justice
Roll and Interfaith Worker Justice, WIN members also worked
to raise the
federal minimum wage. We are calling on the new Congress and president
to raise
the federal minimum wage to $10 an hour by the
year 2010.
WIN's Living Wage Victories
Questions and Answers about living wage ordinances
Research on the effects of living wage ordinances
Press Coverage of WIN's living wage campaign
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