FLORIDIANS FOR ALL A Campaign to Raise the Minimum Wage Embargoed until Friday, July 2nd at 12 AM
Contact: Joe Johnson: 727-542-3498 Floridians for All Submits 900,000 Petitions to Raise the Minimum Wage! On Friday, July 2nd Floridians for All, a coalition of community and labor organizations will submit the 900,000th petition collected in favor of raising the minimum wage in Florida. This total is nearly double the required 488,722 signatures. Over the past six months, volunteers and petitioners have spread out across the state, from Tallahassee to Miami, Jacksonville to Naples collecting signatures from voters who support raising the Florida minimum wage to $6.15/hr plus indexing to inflation. The federal minimum wage is currently $5.15, and Congress has not adjusted it for inflation in six years. During that time, the number of states with minimum wage laws higher than the federal has jumped from six to 12 and now Floridians can have the opportunity to raise wages for over 300,000 working families. "People that have signed the petition have expressed optimism and confidence that Floridians should have the opportunity to vote on this issue," said Joe Johnson, manager of the campaign, "and we see strong support for this across the board, from Democrats, Republicans and Independents. Voters tell us that raising the minimum wage is the right thing to do, and they are excited about signing the petition." The next step in the campaign is the verification of petitions by local elections officials. As of today, 226,642 petitions have been validated by elections officials and submitted to the Secretary of State. Elections offices have until August 3rd at 5:00 p.m. to submit validated signatures to the Secretary of State. For more information about raising the minimum wage and Floridians for All, go to our website at http://www.floridiansforall.org Stephanie Porta Head Organizer Central Florida ACORN 407-254-5912 407-592-4784 http://www.acorn.org http://www.floridiansforall.org -------------------------------------------------------------- Please Note: Due to Florida's very broad public records law, most written communications to or from College employees regarding College business are public records, available to the public and media upon request. Therefore, this e-mail communication may be subject to public disclosure.
