Low-wage workers gathered in a town hall meeting in Bayview on June 29th to denounce the growing income inequality in the Bay Area and declare that if their wages did not increase they would be forced to leave their jobs. “The inequality in wages is ridiculous. The wage gap is getting bigger and for this […]
Low-wage Workers Hold Town Hall Meeting to Push for Fair Wages Read More »
Help Win Wage Increases for 25,000 Low-wage Workers Support the Amendments to the Minimum Compensation Ordinance Read more: https://livingwage-sf.org/raising-wages/
The Mexican government has failed to protect workers as maquiladoras fired hundreds of workers this past year because they exercised their right to organize a union. Read more: https://livingwage-sf.org/fair-trade/maquiladora-workers-rising-in-ciudad-juarez
Campaign to Guarantee Protections for the Right to Organize a Union Read More »
The San Francisco Living Wage Coalition participated in a delegation to the U.S./Mexico border to highlight the failures of the North America Free Trade Agreement in protecting the rights of workers to organize in Mexico, how the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership will further depress wages on both sides of the border, and how immigration policy is
LIVING WAGE COALITION RELEASES VOTER GUIDE ON CANDIDATES FOR SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS For the November 8, 2016, election, the San Francisco Living Wage Coalition issued a living wage voter guide on supervisorial candidates. You can find it here The Coalition mailed a questionnaire to each candidate regarding their positions on issues that impact
