$15 Minimum Wage Advocates Submit First Round Of Signatures - The Portland Mercury (blog)
Oregonians fighting for a $15 minimum wage today announced they're one step closer to qualifying to have the initiative put on the November 2016 ballot: they've delivered their first 2,000 signatures , with representation from all 36 counties, to... Once Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum approves a ballot title, supporters will need to collect more than 88,000 valid signatures by July 2016 to qualify for placement on the ballot. “In a state where business is better than ever, but nearly half of new jobs pay poverty wages, it’s time for hardworking Oregonians to collect the living wage they have earned,” said Kristi Wright , statewide organizing director for 15 Now Oregon. Wright was among the community leaders who spoke today at the State Capitol before a march to the elections office to deliver the signatures. “Our state has over 350,000 children who have a parent making poverty wages ,” Stoelb says. We want an Oregon where all workers have the dignity and respect of a living wage of no less than $15 an hour. Los Angeles is the most recent city where the movement has won a major policy victory and is now the largest city in America with a $15 minimum wage. Source: www.portlandmercury.com
