We Raised the Wage!
Quick Success Brings Raise Campaign to a Close
On Tuesday, March 28, Governor Jennifer Granholm will be signing the minimum wage bill into law. This is a great victory for all of us who have been working to raise the wage in Michigan. This also marks the end of this phase of the Michigan Needs a Raise ballot drive and an end to ICPJ’s involvement with the campaign.
Due to your efforts, the Michigan legislature is doing something it hasn’t done in nine years – raise the minimum wage. Due to your efforts, nearly 400,000 workers in the state of Michigan will get a raise.
This is a great success for Michigan workers. However, ICPJ will continue to work for economic justice. ICPJ will keep striving for a minimum wage that is indexed for inflation and covers tipped workers. Furthermore, ICPJ will continue to work to ensure that our government’s budget does not prioritize the wealth of a few at the expense of millions of poor and hunger people.
ICPJ and Michigan Needs a Raise want to thank all of you who paved the way for this victory. Thank you to those who collected signatures and to those who organized others around this initiative. We wouldn’t have succeeded in raising the wage without your support.
If you still have petitions, we ask that you please return those to ICPJ.
If you are interested in joining ICPJ as we continue to struggle for economic justice, please contact us at info@icpj.net or at (734) 663-1870.
