Re: Support City Market Workers (fwd)

Quoting "Aaron S. Hawley" <[email protected]>:


> 
> POVERTY WAGES:  A start rate of $7.55 for the lowest paid workers and $.20
> on July 1 and $.15 on January 1.
> 


According to the Vermont Livable Wage Campaign:
http://www.vtlivablewage.org/factsfigures.html

How Much Is A Liveable Wage?

Because a livable wage is based on family size, these is no one livable wage
number. As an update to a 1999 Legislative Study on Livable Income, the state of
Vermont's Joint Fiscal Office (1/15/04) calculates a livable wage in a Vermont
as follows:

• $11.49/hr. ($23,889/yr.) for a single person;
• $18.83/hr. ($39,163/yr.) for a single parent with one child;
• $22.74/hr. ($47,284/yr.) for a single parent with two children;
• $9.47/hr. for each earner ($39,377/yr. total) for two adults without children
and both adults working for pay;
• $23.37/hr. ($48,612/yr.) for a family with two parents and two children, but
only one person working for pay;
• $14.72/hr. for each earner ($61,229/yr. total) for a family with two children
and both parents working for pay.

(These are averages of figures for rural and urban Vermont. See Act 119
Legislative Study on Livable Income at
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/jfo/reports.htm under "Livable Income:  2004 Basic
Needs Budget" for budget breakdowns. Adobe Acrobat is needed to access this study.)

**

A starting wage of $7.55 falls well short of this goal. In fact, this amount is
about the average hourly wage of City Market's defeated competitor for the
downtown space - British-owned Shaw's/Star Market.

Ladies, Gentlemen, it's past time to nail this hypocrisy to the wall.

-x



> In addition to the above, management has proposed a number of other take
> backs. For more information go to www.UEVermont.org
> 
> What you can do
> 
> 1. Call or e-mail the General Manager of City Market, Earl Bell and let
> him know that you support City Market workers’ goal of a fair second
> contract by July 13.
> 
>         phone:  863-3659 x 263
>         email:  EarlBell-MykBqdASoeHsGbOK/[email protected]
> 
> 2.  If you are a member, contact the City Market Board of Directors and
> let them know you support the City Market workers’ goal of a fair contract
> by July 13. www.citymarket.coop/html/board.htm
> 
> 3.  Join with City Market workers, City-Market member/owners, trade
> unionists and community supporters in front of City Market on Sunday, July
> 11 from 3-4 p.m. in support of a fair contract for all City Market
> employees
> 
> Community Support for a Fair Contract
> Sunday, July 11
> 3-4 p.m. City Market
> 
> United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE)
> 416 Pine Street, Burlington, VT 05401
> (802) 658-6788
> [email protected]
> www.UEVermont.org
> 
> 
> ----- End forwarded message ----
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