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Special Commentary: Pretending to Be Something I Am
Former President Bill Clinton met with Sodexho Food Service workers in support of their labor efforts in January 2008 during a campaign stop at the ARC stumping for his wife, Hilary Clinton. Someone...
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Ballot Measure Seeks to Raise Minimum Wage in Davis to $15/ Hour
Petitioners Bernie Goldsmith, Joaquin Chavez and Ian Lee took the first step toward qualifying an initiative for the November 2014 ballot when they pulled papers to circulate petitions supporting a...
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Vanguard Commentary: Why the Rush to Stifle Debate on Minimum Wage Ordinance?
In the past few weeks there has been some considerable pushback, on the issue of a local minimum wage ordinance, from the business community and the Davis Enterprise. The Enterprise this weekend in an...
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Raise the Wage Organizers Acknowledge Reaching Signature Threshold Is a Tough...
Bernie Goldsmith, who has been spearheading the drive to put a $15 an hour minimum wage on the ballot for November, spoke before council and conceded that it will be a tall order for them to gain the...
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A Minimum Wage Hike Is Really Just Another Tax
by Jeff Boone Today, here in Davis, a group of people are attempting to gather enough signatures for a ballot measure to raise the local minimum wage to $15 per hour. Is this a good idea? Are minimum...
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Minimum Wage Organizers Protest Outside of Target
About twenty organizers and union workers protested on Thursday outside of the Target Store on Second Street in Davis. They held signs, chanted, and approached and educated customers about Target...
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My View: Minimum Wage Increase Necessary
The Question is How Much and How Long a Ramp Up – The push to put a $15/ hour minimum wage ordinance on the ballot was a bold move, that generated a lot of controversy and concern. But it has also...
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Fire and DCEA File Unfair Labor Practice Complaints Against City
The city council agenda showed two closed session items, with the city responding to unfair labor practices filed by the Davis Professional Firefighters Association Local 3494 and the Davis City...
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Analysis: As $13 Minimum Wage Passes State Senate, Is $15 in Davis Still...
Protestors in Davis rally for minimum wage outside of Target It was a bare majority of 21 Senators, but SB 935, which would increase the minimum wage in three steps and create an automatic adjustment...
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An Open Letter to the Firefighters Local 3494
Firefighters Should Stop Being Part of the Problem and Start Being Part of Renewing This Community: It has been a surprisingly heavy agenda here in late June and early July, so I am a bit late...
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In November of 2013, Senator Lois Wolk, Assemblymember Mariko Yamada, Supervisors Don Saylor and Jim Provenza, and former Supervisor Helen Thomson wrote a letter opposing the City of Davis-UC Davis...
View Article$15 Minimum Wage Issue Likely to Return to Davis
Outgoing executive secretary of the Sacramento Central Labor Council Bill Camp told the Sacramento Business Journal on Wednesday that local labor leaders will ask voters in Sacramento and Davis to...
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Sunday Commentary II: $15 Minimum Wage Fight in Davis Part of Nationwide...
The Wall Street Journal reports, “The nation’s battle over raising the minimum wage is set to shift largely to cities like Los Angeles and New York over the coming year, pitting business groups against...
View ArticleBeyond Raising the Minimum Wage
By Claire Goldstene In the ongoing struggle for worker justice, we may need a little 19th century wisdom. Tired of waiting for Congress to act, campaigns to raise the minimum wage are enjoying success...
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Sunday Commentary II: Why Walmart’s Pay Increase Matters
The reaction to Walmart’s announcement last week that they were raising their wages for about half-million employees to at least $9 an hour by April and at least $10 by next February, was mixed at...
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Polling Shows Strong Support for Minimum Wage Hike in Sacramento
Minimum Wage proponents gathered last spring outside of Davis Target Already gearing up for a minimum wage ballot ordinance in Sacramento and Davis, the proponents of the ordinance, including the...
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The Case for a $15/Hour Minimum Wage – Debunking the Myths
by Alan Pryor At last night’s City Council meeting a contingent of low wage workers, students, and union representatives spoke during Public Comments in support of a Living Minimum Wage in Davis. In...
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The True Effects of Raising the Minimum Wage Locally on the Most Vulnerable...
By Sam Houston An article posted on the Davis Vanguard last week written by the Davis Citizens for a Living Wage (DCLW) commented on five “myths” about the economic effects of raising the minimum wage....
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Why a $15 minimum wage?
By Jeff Boone The Federal minimum wage is $7.25. As of February 2015, the California minimum wage is $9 per hour. Supporters of the $15 minimum wage say wage rates don’t cut it… they are not a “living...
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Labor Leaders Write Letter Opposing Embassy Suites Hotel Conference Center
Proposed Hotel Conference center on Richards The city of Davis is considering a proposed hotel-conference center on Richards Blvd., which would replace the existing single-story 43-room University Inn...
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