Tell Governor Whitmer
VETO THE BILL
In 2018 Michigan’s Republican legislature blocked a ballot initiative to raise Michigan’s minimum wage to $12, including for tipped workers, and to extend paid sick days to all Michigan workers. The courts reinstated the minimum wage and paid sick days increases, which will take effect early next year.
However, the Republican legislature is pulling out the stops to block the scheduled minimum wage increase for all, and permanently lower the wage for tipped workers who are overwhelmingly women, and disproportionately people of color who face great hardship when forced to rely solely on tips. Tell Governor Whitmer to veto this 11th hour pay cut for Michiganders.
Text VETO to 40817 to leave Governor Whitmer a voicemail.
Recent individual, organization, and elected official signers:
Michigan State Senator, District 1
Michigan State Senator, District 6
Michigan State Representative, District 4
Michigan State Representative, District 31
Rabbi, Temple Kol Ami
Chair of Fems for Dems and Fems for Democracy
Mayor of Lathrup Village
Plaintiff
Michigan State Senator, District 11
Former State Representative and Oakland County Treasurer-Elect
Michigan House of Representatives
Michigan State Senator, District 12
West Bloomfield Township Treasurer
Michigan State Senator, District 13
Trustee, Southfield Board of Education
Michigan House of Representatives
Madison Heights City Councilor
Oakland County Commissioner
Michigan State Representative
Trustee Farmington School Board
Michigan State Representative, District 20
Oakland County Commissioner, District 13
Michigan State Senator, 18th District
Oakland County Commissioner
Michigan State Representative, 69th House District
Michigan State Representative, 18th House District
Vice Chair of The Young Democrats of Michigan
Farmington School Board Trustee
President of Pontiac City Council and Executive Director of Oakland Forward
Michigan State Representative
Michigan State Representative
Founder of Fems for Dems, Fems for Democracy, and Fems for Change
Farmington Hills, Mayor Pro Tem
Oakland Commissioner, District 14
It's Time To Care for Each Other
It was the year 2018 when we first placed a wage increase & paid sick days on the ballot. Since then we have been fighting tirelessly for what the majority of Michiganders want & deserve – higher wages & paid sick days. We can not wait passively for change any longer. Common sense policies needed to improve the lives of families and workers are long overdue and we are here to say the time to care is now!
Surviving in Michigan
According to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Living Wage Calculator, the living wage for a single adult in Michigan is $13.63 per hour. For a single adult with one child in Michigan, it is $31.15 per hour.
Living off of Food Stamps
In Michigan, 11 percent of workers of color live in poverty, compared to 5.4 percent of white workers. When it comes to putting food on the table, 18 percent of all workers of color in Michigan have to use food stamps.
Going to Work Sick
In Michigan, 68 percent of lowest paid workers —those making less than $15,000/year— don’t have paid sick time. Approximately 42 percent of, or 1.7 million, Michiganders working in the private sector do not have access to any paid sick time.
Employee Retention
A study by the Workforce Intelligence Network cited ‘higher pay or benefits’ as the top reason for employee turnover – followed by transportation, child care, and other personal conflicts. Nearly half, or 48.1 percent, of responding employers stated that tenure is noticeably different between their hourly and salaried workers.”
This is a project of Mothering Justice and the Restaurant Opportunities Center of Michigan – the state’s largest restaurant worker rights’ group.