- What happened with state minimum wage referenda, and why?
- How did the "values vote"
impact the election? How effective were
faith-based efforts to frame poverty wages as a moral issue? - How did voters respond to the competing business voices for and against raising the minimum wage?
- What are the next steps for raising the minimum wage at the state and federal level?
WHEN: THURSDAY, NOV. 9, at 12 noon Eastern
HOW:
Journalists Call 1-800-362-0571 and say passcode "minimum."
Journalists can
ask questions of the speakers by pressing *1.
WHO:
REV. PAUL SHERRY, national coordinator, Let Justice Roll campaign and co-author, "A Just Minimum Wage: Good for Workers, Business and Our Future"
REV. BOB EDGAR, general secretary, National Council of Churches, former Congressman, and author, "Middle Church: Reclaiming the Moral Values of the Faithful Majority from the Religious Right"
MONTANA: Doug Mitchell, campaign manager, Raise Montana, Helena
OHIO: Rev. Tim Ahrens,
senior pastor, First Congregational Church UCC,
Columbus
MISSOURI: Rev. Audrey
Hollis, lead organizer, Let Justice Roll Missouri,
St. Louis
COLORADO: Terri McMaster,
leader in Let Justice Roll Colorado, and
director, Lutheran Advocacy
Ministry, Denver
ARIZONA: Rev. Trina Zelle, lead organizer, Let Justice Roll Arizona, Tempe
LOW-WAGE WORKER: Mack McCowan, a worker affected by the Ohio results,Cleveland
SMALL-BUSINESS OWNER: Lew Prince, co-owner, Vintage Vinyl, St. Louis; featured on PBS Now show on minimum wage
VENTURE CAPITALIST: Adnan
Durrani, president of Condor Ventures,
Stamford, CT; venture partner, Blue
Chip Venture Capital, Cincinnati, OH
Let Justice Roll is a
fast-growing national nonpartisan partnership of more
than 80 organizations
working for a higher minimum wage at the state and
federal level.
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