Self-Sufficiency 2016 Coalition
Boulder's
Join fellow Boulder-ites to raise wages and improve benefits for all city workers, including those employed by companies with city contracts.
JOIN the movement
You have some options.
1. SIGN YOUR NAME to our growing list of supporters.
2. EMAIL or CALL CITY COUNCIL to ask for a public hearing on Living Wages.
Email: council@bouldercolorado.gov.
Phone: 303-441-3002
Website: https://bouldercolorado.gov/city-council
3. ATTEND the Boulder City Council meeting on Tuesday, February 2nd and tell the Council why people need higher wages.
4. PARTICIPATE in the Public Forum on February 10th at 5:30 p.m. Details to come, but mark your calendars now!
5. PACK CITY COUNCIL Chambers on Tuesday, February 16th to show support for Living Wages. See the agenda here: https://www-static.bouldercolorado.gov/docs/2016.02.16_Agenda_Packet-1-201602111720.pdf
(Our online petition is hosted by Change.org. Coalition members who joined before the launch of the online petition will be added to the petition without their extra effort. Change.org contains an email addresses per signee. SS2016 uses the petition to reflect the number of people who support a livable wage for city employees and contractors.)
Why? These policy changes will position Boulder as a leader in the county and the state - a model for other local governments. Then we can all work together on the upcoming state initiative to repeal the law preventing localities from self-determination of minimum wages.
WHAT
we're about
ON FEBRUARY 16, 2016
Boulder City Council will vote on city wages. This is an opportune moment for the city to improve the lives of several hundred employees, some who are currently earning wages as low as $8.50 per hour.
LEARN MORE about the proposed resolution at our facts page.
GET THE JIST by listening to interview with Claire Levy of the Colorado Center on Law and Policy on KGNU.
AN EARLIER ATTEMPT to raise wages in 2001 was stymied by 9/11. Over the past year and a half the Boulder Human Relations Commission along with the Boulder Chamber of Commerce and the League of Women Voters of Boulder County have hosted well-attended forums spotlighting these low wages and outlining necessary salary and benefit improvements.
“A living wage is more a statement of the values of the City of Boulder when it contracts out services, that it will expect its contractors to pay a living wage, to pay a decent amount.” - Claire Levy, CCLP
...until the vote. Let's keep talking about the importance of self-sufficient wages. The time is now!
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CONTACT
the coalition
Email: selfsufficiency2016@gmail.com
Tel: 303-817-9356
For any general inquiries, please fill in the following contact form:
Organizational Supporters
League of Women Voters of Boulder County
Latino Task Force of Boulder County
Immigrant Legal Center of Boulder County
Boulder Coalition and Alliance on Race
El Centro Amistad
Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center
Council and Board of Missions and Social Action of First Congregational Church of Boulder
Denver/Boulder Democratic Socialists of America
Individual Supporters
Claire Levy
Roxanne Bailin
Rabbi Fred Greene
Rev. Kelly Dignan
Prof. Don Grant
Christina Suarez
Richard Garcia
Mary Ann Wilner
Elene Mooney
Jorge De Santiago
Jim Lovett
Lee Shanis
Deborah Hayes
Shirly Lee White
Kathy Gebhardt
Mickey Greenberg
Chris Barge
Anne Bliss
Rosie Piller
Laurel Herndon
Judy Nogg
Ruth Stemler
David Stemler
Janice Zelazo
Caroline Marino
Louisa Young
Yasi Taylor
Teresa Garcia
Ghada Elturk
Betty Ball
Jeannette Hillery
Darren O'Connor
Frieda Holley
Elizabeth Treister
Peggy Leech
Erika Blum
Ingrid Swords
Gene Rodriguez
Dorothy Bustamante
Kathleen Sepeda
Tom Moore
Nancy Sullo
Tommie Alanasoff
Zuza Bohley
Ceal Ruffing
Juan Juarez
Kimberly Decker
Summer Laws
Elaine Brenner
Catherine Raveczky
Luis Ponce
Celeste Landry
Rochelle Schwartz
Sarah Jane Cohen
Dan McGrady
Ray Meyers
Rosabelle Rice
Bill Cohen
Mary Anna Dunn
Jan Buchanan
Elena Klaver
Neel Welandagoda
Nisansala Fernando
Bob Matthias
Karon Johnson
Carol Crow
Don Reed
Shirley Reed
Earl McGowen
James Duncan
Fred Smith
Dave Anderson
Neil Dimuccio
Carolyn Bninski
Dave Anderson
Elz DeVito
Mairi Maloney
Leslie Ogeda
Beverly Springer
Manuela Sifuentes
Belen Pargas Solis
David Barsamian
Denys Vigil
Richard Holley
Eileen Starnes
Miriam Allen
Louise Selvern
Anna Delgado
Jessica Austin
Jan Borstein
Brandt Milstein
Judy Lubow
Suzanne Crawford
Judy Ludwig-Keller
Sebastian Sifuentes
Dorothy Rupert
Louisa Matthias
Elizabeth Black
Susan Saunders
Angie Layton
Sara Michl
Margaret Lloyd
Steve Herndon
Susan Howard
Ron Forthofer
Marlys Robertson
Tim Brown
Karen Yust
Dick Harris
Catherine Harris
Len Boonin
Harriet Boonin
Morey Bean
Leslie Lomas
Jean Gore
Virginia Gebhart
Laura Upham
Aubrey Hasvold
