(Updated) 11/28: Santa Fe City Council to Consider Living Wage Changes

UPDATE 11.29.07: Amendments to expand the Living Wage law to virtually all workers and mandate annual increases based on the consumer price index were passed unanimously by the Santa Fe City Council on November 28, 2007. Read about it here.
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From the Santa Fe Living Wage Network:
Come out to the Santa Fe City Council Meeting on Wednesday, November 28th, at 7:00 PM, at 200 Lincoln Avenue. Visit SantaFeLivingWage.org for more information. The City Council will decide the fate of living wage. We are first on the agenda and need a strong turnout so that the Council understands what the community wants. Please come out!

Santa Fe is proud of its living wage, the highest in the country. But we still need your help. Forty percent of Santa Fe workers aren't covered, and the current law makes enforcement difficult. Some councilors are thinking of exempting young people and disabled people from the living wage. We are supporting amendments that will expand the law to cover all employers, not just those with 25 employees or more. The amendments will also establish an automatic cost of living increase every year, starting January 1, 2009. Please join us that night to make sure the City Council does the right thing.

Here are other ways you can help:
   
1. Sign The Petition by clicking here! We have at least 3,540 individuals, businesses, and religious, civic, labor, and community organizations have signed on as supporters of the proposed amendments to the Santa Fe Living Wage Ordinance. Click here to keep track of our progress and see who has signed. Please sign up if you have not signed already!

2. Contact your Councilor to tell them you support the Living Wage covering all Santa Fe workers including young people and the disabled. For contact information for the councilors in your district – and a link for their email address, click here. After you talk to your councilors, email us at info@santafelivingwage.org and tell us what they said.