LIVING WAGE Ordinance under discussion, add your voice
LIVING WAGE LIVE initiative
San Diego Living Wage Coalition
Amidst the many problems facing the City, we need to let the Council know that the Living Wage Ordinance is still a priority. The workers who perform City services for poverty wages and no benefits cannot be left out once again.
During Monday's budget discussion, we intend to remind them of the workers, and how they have to go without although they are not responsible for financial mess. Then on Tuesday, we intend to ask the Council to docket the Living Wage Ordinance. Please come for both if you can. Then, for one last action to finish the week, let's rally in solidarity at the Justice for Janitors action. Details are below. Thanks.
I. Monday, February 28
Budget hearing: Review and Status of current year
2 pm, City Hall 12th Floor (202 C Street)
Why do some workers who perform City services continue to get left out? There never seems to be enough money for them to earn a living wage or have health insurance. Participation in the City's budget discussions will be important this year as we search for solutions to improve workers' jobs and lives.
II. Tuesday, March 1
Living Wage: Docket the Living Wage Proposal!
10 am, City Hall 12th Floor (202 C Street)
We will ask the City to docket the Living Wage Ordinance during the public comment portion of the Council meeting (This will still be at 10 am. The time change takes effect after 30 days). We want to come out in force to demonstrate that we refuse to let these workers continue to be left out.
Friday, March 4
Justice for Janitors: Picket & Community Action
12:00 Noon, 8680 Balboa Avenue, San Diego (Free Parking)
The workers of Professional Maintenance Systems (PMS) receive poverty wages, no health care benefits, no sick days, and no vacation days. They have been trying to unionize despite threats and intimidation by PMS. Let's join in solidarity with the janitors in a rally for decent wages, benefits and respect.
San Diego Living Wage Coalition
Amidst the many problems facing the City, we need to let the Council know that the Living Wage Ordinance is still a priority. The workers who perform City services for poverty wages and no benefits cannot be left out once again.
During Monday's budget discussion, we intend to remind them of the workers, and how they have to go without although they are not responsible for financial mess. Then on Tuesday, we intend to ask the Council to docket the Living Wage Ordinance. Please come for both if you can. Then, for one last action to finish the week, let's rally in solidarity at the Justice for Janitors action. Details are below. Thanks.
I. Monday, February 28
Budget hearing: Review and Status of current year
2 pm, City Hall 12th Floor (202 C Street)
Why do some workers who perform City services continue to get left out? There never seems to be enough money for them to earn a living wage or have health insurance. Participation in the City's budget discussions will be important this year as we search for solutions to improve workers' jobs and lives.
II. Tuesday, March 1
Living Wage: Docket the Living Wage Proposal!
10 am, City Hall 12th Floor (202 C Street)
We will ask the City to docket the Living Wage Ordinance during the public comment portion of the Council meeting (This will still be at 10 am. The time change takes effect after 30 days). We want to come out in force to demonstrate that we refuse to let these workers continue to be left out.
Friday, March 4
Justice for Janitors: Picket & Community Action
12:00 Noon, 8680 Balboa Avenue, San Diego (Free Parking)
The workers of Professional Maintenance Systems (PMS) receive poverty wages, no health care benefits, no sick days, and no vacation days. They have been trying to unionize despite threats and intimidation by PMS. Let's join in solidarity with the janitors in a rally for decent wages, benefits and respect.
1 Comments:
Thank you for posting that blog entry. I remember last year in my government class, my teacher told us about a custodian who had been working at Cal for a very long time, at least 15 years, and was let go because of the lack of money in the UC system. The worst part is that he not only was employed by the UC campus, but also lived there. When he lost his job, he also lost a home for himself and his family. This does not seem right.
I think part of the problem obviously does lie in the fact that success is unevenly distributed. This janitor probably was an immigrant to the U.S. and likely did not have equal opportunities for social or economic success as those who were born in this country. Furthermore, once having become the custodian for Cal, he had a low salary, one which would not necessarily allow him to save up enough to even get a place to live off campus and try to work his way up in the system. While the students at Cal are studying to create strong bases for their futures in order to keep up with the informational technology era and the increasingly globalized economy, the custodian must focus on surviving because of his very low-wage job.
Now that a state-run school let him go, it is almost as if the government fired him, and he and his family are left with nowhere to go. Hopefully it is true what we've been saying in USP class; low-skill jobs are the ones that are available. But how will he compete with those people who are more qualified? (Those who were unable to get the jobs that they deserved based on their education and thus were forced to look lower on the scale of occupations.)
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