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Oakland CA -March 1998
<br />In March, the Oakland City Council unanimously
<br />approved an ordinance requiring companies or non-
<br />profits that enter into service contracts with the city
<br />worth at least $25,000 or and firms that benefit from at
<br />least $100,000 in city subsidies in a year (as well as
<br />their tenants and leaseholders) to pay workers a
<br />minimum of $9.25 an hour or $8.00 if the firm provides
<br />health benefits. The wage level is to be adjusted by April
<br />1 each year in accordance with the Bay Region
<br />Consumer Price Index, bringing the current wage
<br />requirements to $10.07 and $11.58 an hour (06/06). The
<br />ordinance entitles covered workers to 12 paid days off
<br />per year. The ordinance also allows for the terms of a
<br />collective bargaining agreement to provide that said
<br />agreement may supersede the requirements of the
<br />living wage ordinance (Oakland Jobs and Living Wage
<br />Campaign led by ACORN and the Alameda County
<br />Central Labor Council, including HERE, SEIU, UFCW,
<br />etc.).
<br />Pasadena CA -September 1998
<br />On September 14, the Pasadena City Council adopted a
<br />living wage ordinance which requires city service
<br />contractors (with contracts worth at least $25,000) to
<br />pay employees $7.25 per hour, $8.50 if health benefits
<br />are not provided. Currently the wage sits at $9.16 with
<br />$1.57 per hour in benefits, or $10.73 without health
<br />benefits. (06/06) In August, the Coalition succeeded in
<br />getting the City to make a permanent budget adjustment
<br />to provide the same wage and benefits package to City
<br />employees. Coalition set to work on expanding
<br />coverage to recipients of economic development and
<br />other city subsidies (Pasadena Living Wage Coalition,
<br />including Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice).
<br />San Jose CA -November 1998
<br />In November, the San Jose City Council voted to require
<br />companies holding city service contracts worth at least
<br />$20,000 to pay those employed on such contracts a
<br />wage of at least $12.27 an hour with $1.25 in health
<br />benefits, or $13.52 if the company does not provide
<br />benefits. (7/06) In addition, the ordinance requires
<br />companies seeking these service contracts to provide
<br />assurances of good labor relations and requires
<br />successor contractors to offer jobs to employees of
<br />predecessor contractors who performed those services.
<br />Employees of companies receiving direct financial
<br />grants from the city valued at $100,000 or more in a
<br />year are also covered. The contracted service
<br />categories covered under the policy are: automotive
<br />repair and maintenance, food service, janitorial,
<br />landscaping, laundry, office/clerical, parking lot
<br />management, pest control, property maintenance,
<br />recreation, security shuttle services, street sweeping,
<br />and towing (South Bay AFL-CIO/Working Partnerships
<br />USA with ACORN and other groups).
<br />Los Angeles CA -March 1997
<br />On March 18, 1997, City Council overwhelmingly
<br />approved a living wage ordinance requiring recipients of
<br />public service contracts worth $25,000 or more as well
<br />as any business benefiting from a subsidy of at least
<br />$1,000,000 in one year or $100,000 on a continuing
<br />annual basis to pay their employees a living wage. The
<br />wage -indexed yearly to the rise in cost of living- was
<br />initially set at $8,50 an hour, or $7.25 an hour if the
<br />employer was contributing at least $1.25 toward health
<br />benefits. The wage is to be adjusted annually to
<br />correspond with adjustments to retirement benefits paid
<br />to members of the City Employees Retirement System,
<br />bringing the current wage requirements up to $10.64 an
<br />hour without health benefits, or else $9.39 an hour
<br />(07/06). Affected workers are entitled to 12 paid days off
<br />a year. The ordinance also allows that a collective
<br />bargaining agreement may supersede the requirements
<br />of the living wage ordinance (Los Angeles Living Wage
<br />Coalition).
<br />West Hollywoad CA -October 1997
<br />In October, 1997, the West Hollywood City Council
<br />enacted a living wage provision requiring recipients of
<br />city service contracts worth at least $25,000 and
<br />recipients of grants from the city to currently pay
<br />employees at least $8.67 an hour with at least $1.25 per
<br />hour in health benefits and $9.92 without. (07/06) The
<br />ordinance requires temporary employment agencies to
<br />pay at least $9.00 an hour.
<br />Santa Clara County GA -October 1995
<br />County Board of Supervisors law requires
<br />manufacturing firms applying for tax abatements to
<br />disclose jobs, wage and benefit information, additional
<br />subsidies they are seeking. Tax-abated firms must pay
<br />at least $10/hr. and provide health insurance or a
<br />suitable alternative to permanent employees. The
<br />measure gives the county money-back guarantee
<br />protection if goals are not met (South Bay AFL-CIO
<br />Labor Council, California Budget Project, Working
<br />Partnership USA).
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