Calumet City Residents to Vote on $15 Minimum Wage for All Workers

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Calumet City Residents to Vote on $15 Minimum Wage for All Workers

The city is now the first in Illinois to allow residents to vote in a referendum on the minimum wage

By Tom Schuba - Published at 1:47 PM CST on Dec 20, 2016

The Calumet City Council approved an ordinance Monday allowing residents to vote to raise the minimum wage to $15 for all workers, including those who earn tips.

Residents will vote on the measure in the city’s upcoming April election, making Calumet City the first city in Illinois to allow a referendum on the minimum wage

A coalition of workers’ advocacy groups pushed the referendum, collecting over 1,400 signatures from Calumet City voters wishing to weigh in on the measure. The group is comprised of Centro de Trabajadores Unidos: Immigrant Workers’ Project, the Restaurant Opportunities Center Chicago and The Collaborative for Health Equity Cook County, and other advocacy groups.

The push to raise the minimum wage for everyone including tipped workers is part of the larger One Fair Wage campaign, which looks to break down the restaurant industry’s two-tiered wage system. Tipped workers are currently paid a minimum wage that starts at $2.13 an hour at the federal level...


Read more:
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/calumet-city-vote-15-dollar-minimum-wage-407638215.html

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