Eureka Fair Wage Act in the Media

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Workers’ pay should be tied to inflation: Back the Fair Wage Act

My Word by Kimberly Starr and James Decker  March 20, 2013

http://www.times-standard.com/guest_opinion/ci_22829946/workers-pay-should-be-tied-inflation-back-fair

Council punts on Eureka Fair Wage Act; voters to decide on November 4, 2014

by Charles Douglas Humboldt Sentinel March 19, 2013

http://humboldtsentinel.com/2013/03/19/twelve-bucks-must-wait-twenty-months/

Minimum wage ordinance to go before voters; Atkins to Eureka Council: Initiative should have been enacted immediately

Kaci Poor/The Times-Standardtimes-standard.com/
Posted:   03/20/2013

http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_22829944/minimum-wage-ordinance-go-before-voters-atkins-eureka

COUNCIL TO HEAR EUREKA MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE INITIATIVE

KIEM TV Eureka (NBC) Video

          Submitted by allienorton on Mon, 03/18/2013 – 16:49

http://kiem-tv.com/node/5028

Eureka council to consider Fair Wage Act; initiative proposes minimum wage increase

Kaci Poor/The Times-Standardtimes-standard.com/ Posted:   03/17/2013 02:39:41 AM PDT

http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_22810477/eureka-council-consider-fair-wage-act-initiative-proposes

Fair Wage Act to go before Eureka City Council

The Times-Standard times-standard.com/

Posted:   03/08/2013 06:19:53 PM PST

http://urlet.com/shapes.ignoring or:

http://www.times-standard.com/breakingnews/ci_22751562/fair-wage-act-go-before-eureka-city-council

Wage Hike Proposal Headed to Eureka City Council

North Coast Journal, Ryan Burns, Mar. 8, 2013

Here’s a ray of hope for people working at Eureka’s Taco Bell. Or Wal-Mart. Or any other business in the city that pays workers as little as the law will tolerate:

A petition to boost Eureka’s minimum wage to $12 an hour has received enough valid signatures to be presented to the City Council at its March 19 meeting.

http://urlet.com/games.leading or:

http://www.northcoastjournal.com/blogthing/2013/03/08/wage-hike-proposal-headed-eureka-city-council/

HSU Lumberjack:   http://thelumberjack.org/2013/02/13/eureka-citizens-campaign-to-raise-wages/

Eureka Citizens Campaign to Raise Wages

February 13, 2013  By The Lumberjack

“Students at Humboldt State may have the choice to vote for such a measure in the future, if fair wage activists in Eureka can spread their message. James Decker, a Fair Wage Campaign worker, former military medic and private home care provider, said volunteers would like to work with HSU students. Decker said a volunteer even offered to pay half the filing fees for a similar act in Arcata.“All of us would be willing to help them write their initiative,” Decker said.”

Redwood Times:  http://www.redwoodtimes.com/garbervillenews/ci_22567967/fair-wage-supporters-turn-signatures-at-eureka-city

Fair wage supporters turn in signatures at Eureka City Hall for $12 minimum wage ordinance

Redwood Times redwoodtimes.com Posted:   02/11/2013

Eureka Times-Standard (Media News Group): http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_22555444/signatures-gathered-put-minimum-wage-increase-before-eureka

Signatures gathered to put minimum wage increase before Eureka City Council and on ballot

Kaci Poor/The Times-Standard times-standard.com

Posted:   02/09/2013 02:29:07 AM PST

“A group of local residents committed to bumping up Eureka’s minimum wage handed in about 2,700 signatures to the city Thursday to have their cause approved by the City Council or put on the next election ballot.

The proposed Eureka Fair Wage Act, also known as the Minimum Wage Ordinance, would require employers within Eureka city limits to pay their employees at least $12 an hour. The initiative would exempt small businesses with 24 employees or fewer.

The city clerk accepted the signatures, and will have 30 working days to verify the signatures before the measure will go before the City Council for approval.”

KMUD Humboldt http://archive.kmud.org/m3u.php?mp3fil=46369

KIEM Ch. 3 (Eureka): http://kiem-tv.com/node/4758

North Coast Journal: http://www.northcoastjournal.com/blogthing/2013/02/08/eureka-wages-going/

Free Speech Radio News:  http://fsrn.org/audio/activists-eureka-california-seek-put-minimum-wage-rise-vote/11536 Feb 5, 2013

Indybay.org  http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/06/13/18715330.php

On WalMart’s Opening Day, Residents Announce Intention to File “Eureka Fair Wage Initiative”

June 13, 2012

Times-Standard, June 14, 2012

Jessica Cejnar/times-standard.com/

 ”Walmart Opens in Eureka”

http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_20855159/walmart-opens-eureka-nearly-300-customers-celebrate-ribbon

“Confirmation came in December that the mystery retailer was indeed Walmart, which has a contentious history in Humboldt County dating back to 1999, when Eureka voters overwhelmingly rejected Measure J, which would have rezoned the Balloon Track property to allow Walmart to build on the waterfront.

On the day of the Eureka store opening, members of Occupy Eureka and People’s Action for Rights and Community announced their intention to file what they are calling the “Eureka Fair Wage Initiative.” According to James Decker, a member of Occupy Eureka and Veterans for Peace, the initiative would require employers within the Eureka city limits pay their employees at least $12 an hour. The initiative would make an exception for small businesses, he said.

”The Walmart corporation comes into new towns, opens their stores, pays lower wages and eventually drives many of the local businesses out of business by undercutting prices from slave labor from China,” Decker said. “Many Walmart workers collect food stamps, they don’t provide any medical benefits and we need to change that system.”

Decker said the initiative would apply to large employers with hundreds of employees such as Walmart, Target, St. Joseph Hospital, the city and the county.

In order to place the initiative on the ballot, the group would have to file a notice of intent to circulate a petition, said Eureka City Clerk Pam Powell. They would also need to collect signatures from at least 15 percent of Eureka’s registered voters for a special election, or 10 percent for a regular election, she said.”

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