Increase the Minimum Wage to a Living Wage Now!

A Living Wage – It’s Good for ALL New Yorkers!

 

The Tompkins County Workers’ Center agrees with New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver that a raise in the Minimum Wage is long overdue, but we take it one step further: all workers should be able to support themselves on their hard-earned pay. That is not possible on $8.50 an hour, as Silver proposes.

We believe that the Minimum Wage should be $12.78 an hour. This is a Living Wage, and is calibrated to allow workers to purchase health insurance through Healthy NY. The Tompkins County Workers’ Center believes that no full-time worker should have to depend on public assistance. This is why we believe the only fair Minimum Wage is a Living Wage.

I agree: The Minimum Wage Must Be Increased to a Living Wage Now!
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This petition has a goal of 5000 signatures
1-25 of 108 signatures
Number Date Name Location
108 Wed May 15 03:30:25 EDT 2013 Patricia Nash Ithaca, NY
107 Tue Feb 19 19:29:56 EST 2013 shannon stryker brooktondale, NY
106 Thu Feb 14 19:52:53 EST 2013 Jessica Stewart ithaca, NY
105 Tue Jan 29 15:36:18 EST 2013 Susan Axtell Watkins Glen, NY
104 Tue Dec 11 13:52:19 EST 2012 Michael Poole NY
103 Tue Dec 11 07:01:29 EST 2012 shannon stryker brooktondale, NY
102 Fri Nov 23 17:21:24 EST 2012 Dennis Anello Ithaca, NY
101 Fri Nov 23 17:20:39 EST 2012 Jill Ullian Ithaca, NY
100 Thu Nov 15 10:49:39 EST 2012 Maura Stephens Spencer, NY
99 Tue Oct 30 15:20:43 EDT 2012 Matthew Hotelling Genoa, NY
98 Tue Oct 30 08:26:09 EDT 2012 Kacie Akers Ithaca, NY
97 Sun Sep 09 12:51:33 EDT 2012 Stephen Genett Ithaca, NY
96 Sun Aug 26 14:44:34 EDT 2012 Mike Kaliss Ithaca, NY
95 Sat Aug 25 19:21:11 EDT 2012 Sam Scoppettone NY
94 Sat Aug 25 14:21:18 EDT 2012 Daniel Keough ITHACA, NY
93 Sat Aug 25 14:21:05 EDT 2012 Daniel Keough ITHACA, NY
92 Wed Aug 01 17:42:20 EDT 2012 Kathy Russell Ithaca, NY
91 Wed Aug 01 17:02:27 EDT 2012 Kristy Akdemir trumansburg, NY
90 Wed Aug 01 16:08:36 EDT 2012 Julia Morgan Ithaca, NY
89 Tue Jul 31 20:18:06 EDT 2012 D. Scott Ithaca, NY
88 Tue Jul 31 16:09:56 EDT 2012 Ken Deschere Ithaca, NY
87 Tue Jul 31 16:06:05 EDT 2012 Samantha Wolfe Brighton, NY
86 Tue Jul 31 16:03:09 EDT 2012 Mikki Chalker Binghamton, NY
85 Sat Jul 21 15:09:26 EDT 2012 Bécquer Medak-Seguín Ithaca, NY
84 Mon Jul 09 08:42:56 EDT 2012 Marcelle Pecot Trumansburg, NY
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Tompkins County Workers’ Center

115 E. Martin Luther King, Jr. Street (above Autumn Leaves Used Books), Ithaca,  New York 14850

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