Workers Compass
  • Home
  • Contact
  • Politics
  • history
  • Legal & Law
  • money
  • Economics
  • science

Popular Posts

Marxism and Anarchism: The Philosophical Roots of the Marx-Bakunin Conflict
history,

Marxism and Anarchism: The Philosophical Roots of the Marx-Bakunin Conflict

by Patricia ThomasMay 7, 2021
Anarchism & Marxism: Their Similarities & Differences
Politics,

Anarchism & Marxism: Their Similarities & Differences

by Patricia ThomasMay 7, 2021
Movie Review: Dirty Wars
history,

Movie Review: Dirty Wars

by Patricia ThomasMay 8, 2021
Top Three Media Lies About the Syrian Peace Talks
history, Legal & Law,

Top Three Media Lies About the Syrian Peace Talks

by Patricia ThomasMay 8, 2021

Category List

  • Arts & Entertainments (2)
  • Automotive (2)
  • Business (10)
  • Digital Marketing (4)
  • Economics (3)
  • Education (3)
  • Family & Relationship (2)
  • Finance (3)
  • Gaming (4)
  • Health & Fitness (2)
  • history (45)
  • Home & Garden (2)
  • Home & Kitchen Ideas (1)
  • Legal & Law (17)
  • Lifestyle & Fashion (1)
  • money (3)
  • Pets (1)
  • Politics (60)
  • Real Estate (3)
  • science (3)
  • Shopping & Product Reviews (2)
  • Travel & Tours (1)
Workers Compass
  • Home
  • Contact
  • Politics
  • history
  • Legal & Law
  • money
  • Economics
  • science
money,

AFL-CIO Endorses $15 Ballot Measure

by Patricia ThomasMay 7, 2021
0
Shares
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
A person wearing a suit and tie

Originally published on the Oregonians for 15 website on October 26, 2015

After rigorous debate, Oregon’s largest labor federation voted to support Oregonians for 15, the campaign to raise the statewide minimum wage to $15 per hour. Hundreds of union members were in Seaside this past weekend as delegates to the annual Oregon AFL-CIO convention, where a unanimous vote was taken to endorse the $15 ballot initiative. The delegates from the 37 unions that make up the federation heard and voted on resolutions on issues ranging from the Black Lives Matter movement, to statewide anti-worker legislation, and raising Oregon’s minimum wage.

Two resolutions related to the minimum wage came before the committee on laws and legislation before making their way to the convention floor. One resolved to support all efforts to raise the minimum wage that get it as high as possible as fast as possible, and that include efforts to restore local control of minimum wage laws. The second resolved to endorse the $15 ballot initiative campaign by the Oregonians for 15 coalition.

Debate in the laws and legislation committee was heated at times. Some delegates argued that $15 can’t win because experts say it didn’t poll high enough. Chief Petitioner and delegate for the Oregon State Letter Carriers, Jamie Partridge, argued that $15 polled 54% in Oregon two years before the 2016 election, and less than a year after the push for $15 began here. He explained that if the labor movement united behind the initiative and combined its collective resources, $15 can win at the ballot.

Lisa Gourley, a member of the board of directors for the Oregon School Employees Association and a member of the convention’s laws and legislation committee, also spoke in favor, “We have thousands of members who make less than $15 and need this initiative to get out of poverty.”  Tina Turner-Morfitt, member of AFSCME Council 75 and the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, explained why she felt it’s important for the Oregon AFL-CIO to endorse the $15 ballot measure, “Unions are out trying to convince community people that unions are for them, and we have to be true to that. We can’t go and bargain a $15 minimum wage for our members, but then do something less for the community who are non-union workers… We have to do it in good deeds, and a good deed is to fight for a minimum wage of $15.”

Committee members, board members, and member-delegates from other unions including OFNHP, Laborers Local 483, AFSCME Local 3214, UAW Local 1981, Oregon AFT. PCCFFAP, and ATU Local 757 defended the campaign as part of a workers movement that was sweeping the nation. Ultimately, Resolution 15 was sent to convention floor by the committee with a do-pass recommendation, and when the vote was taken on the convention floor it passed with the unanimous support of the delegates.

$15 is continuing to win huge victories here in Oregon and across the nation, victories that help build the movement and increase support. Three years ago $15 was seen as impossible and not even taken seriously by most people in the labor movement. Now $15 victories have been won by and for hundreds of thousands of workers in cities and states across the country. Portland full-time city workers and contract workers, and Multnomah County employees have won $15. Food services businesses are opening in the Portland area that are paying a $15 minimum wage. This summer in Oregon, over 20,000 home care workers won a $15 minimum wage with the fastest phase in of any $15 victory in the nation. And last week the City of Milwaukie passed an ordinance guaranteeing a $15 minimum wage for all city workers and independent contractors who work for the city.

The Fight for $15 in Oregon has made tremendous movement and progress in a very short amount of time. With the combined resources and support of the labor community and other progressive community and faith organizations, united together with low-wage workers and supportive allies around the state in a mass movement of volunteers collecting signatures and getting out the vote, campaign organizers are confident that the polls will only continue to climb and that $15 will win at the ballot in November 2016.

Previous

Have Unions Cheated Death With Scalia Gone?

May 7, 2021
Next

Can the Establishment Fix Its Bernie Sanders Problem?

May 7, 2021

Related posts

A group of people looking at a laptop
money,

Three Practical Money Saving Tips for Seniors

by Patricia ThomasMay 3, 2021
Website
money,

‘Star Wars’ and Big Money: The Mind-Blowing Earnings of the Beloved Film Franchise

by Patricia ThomasFebruary 1, 2021

Trending

  • What Can Air Filtration Systems Do For You?

    5 months ago
  • Benefits of hiring a Fraud Attorney

    February 1, 2022
  • Tips For YouTube Marketing

    January 28, 2022
  • Is art is playing an important role in our life?

    Is art is playing an important role in our life?

    June 15, 2021
  • How family is responsible for social welfare?

    How family is responsible for social welfare?

    June 15, 2021
  • Why do people prefer digital marketing?

    Why do people prefer digital marketing?

    May 15, 2021
Home & Garden,

What Can Air Filtration Systems Do For You?

by Patricia Thomas5 months ago
Digital Marketing,

Create A Video That Attracts Users

by Patricia ThomasFebruary 21, 2019
Health & Fitness,

N95 Masks: Are They A Good Choice?

by Patricia ThomasMarch 2, 2019
Tips To Enjoy Online Gaming
Gaming,

Tips To Enjoy Online Gaming

by Patricia ThomasApril 14, 2019
Business,

RFID Blocking Wallet

by Patricia ThomasMay 11, 2019

Categories

  • Education
  • Real Estate
  • Shopping & Product Reviews
  • Sports
  • Travel & Tours
  • Privacy Policy
  • Sitemap

© 2021 Workers Compass. All rights reserved.

We are using cookies to give you the best experience on our website.

You can find out more about which cookies we are using or switch them off in settings.

Workers Compass
Powered by  GDPR Cookie Compliance
Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings.

If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again.