Min wage task force met today

The Polk County minimum wage task force met today. They focused on what they believe is politically possible, not at all about what people need to survive.Their end proposal was this: $8.75 on January 1, 2017 and one dollar increases through 2019 on January 1 of each year to ultimately get to $10.75. They did not vote but we expect this to be their recommendation to the Polk County Supervisors.The Supervisors will decide the final number. It's our job to keep pushing for a living wage of $15/hour—if you hadn't been pushing up to this point, we know their proposal would've been much lower.Thank you for all you've done, but the fight is far from over.This weekend we're knocking on doors of people whose voices need to be heard on this issue and we need your help.

It'll be fun and we will have treats! The shifts are 3 hours long – including training and debrief as a team (about two hours on the doors to collect petition signatures).

Let's win this.