And from the City of Minneapolis Mayoral Update I received today: -------------------- City Adopts Living Wage Ordinance
The City Council this week passed a living wage ordinance that I am proud to support with my signature. Providing living wages is about improving the quality of life for those who build our community. I am proud of the progress that city leaders and staff have made working together with labor unions, faith leaders and other community advocates to expand our current living wage policy with an effective and strong living wage ordinance for the City. Once again, Minneapolis is a leader, but we should not be a permanent island. I strongly believe that it is time to expand the living wage movement beyond Minneapolis. Hennepin County still doesn¹t have a living wage policy nor have they taken action towards a living wage ordinance. St. Paul has explored the issue and I look forward to seeing swift action on living wages across the river in the coming months. If we can push others to finally follow Minneapolis' lead, our ordinance can become much more effective and less costly to enforce. I look forward to continuing our work to bring living wage standards to Hennepin County, St. Paul, and beyond. -------------------- Mark Snyder Windom Park On 11/4/05 4:25 PM, "Kyle Makarios" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At a standing-room only City Council meeting this morning, Council > Members voted 11-2 to pass the Minneapolis Living Wage Ordinance > proposed by a coalition of 21 faith groups, community organizations, and > labor organizations. Voting no were Council Members Niziolek and Lane. > > Full account of today's meeting and details on the ordinance at > www.minneapolisunions.org. REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
