[PEN-L:4674] Re: Request for Info: Living Wage

[hsf@xxxxxxxxxxx (Michelle Billies)]

>Request for information:
>
>I have been approached by a community group here in Syracuse, NY,
>considering launching a campaign for a living wage  requirement for
>firms that do business with the city.  I believe there such a legal
>requirement in Baltimore and I am told that Buffalo is conducting
>a similar campaign.
>
>They asked me about determining the economic effects of such a plan.
>Does anyone out there in Pen-Land have any knowledge, experience, or
>expertise with something like this?  Does anyone know what the
>experience of cities that have done this has been?
>
>Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
>
>
>David Andrews
>xandrews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

You can also try the New Party which has living wage campaigns in 10
cities. Try Adam Glickman at 212-302-5053.

Also, I am an activist in New York City collecting information on community
groups protesting welfare reform,  working on "alternatives to welfare" or
doing anti-poverty work more generally. Which group in Syracuse is
launching this campaign? Have you located the groups in Buffalo and
Baltimore?

Thanks -

Michelle Billies
**New address:
mbillies@xxxxxxxxxxxx