VALUES
VOTE, MINIMUM WAGE REFERENDA ANALYZED IN POST-ELECTION
TELECONFERENCE
For
Immediate Release: November 6, 2006
Contact: Betsy Leondar-Wright, Let Justice Roll
781-704-4039 (cell), betsy@classmatters.org
State minimum wage ballot organizers (OH, MT,
MO, AZ and CO); leaders of the national Let Justice
Roll campaign; business leaders; and a low-wage
worker will address the topics below and answer
reporters' questions on a telephone press conference
two days after the election:
-
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
Mr. Prince and Mr. Durrani are signatories to
the Business Owners and Executives for a Higher
Minimum Wage statement available at http://www.letjusticeroll.org/pressroom/ljrpressrelease-10-31.html.
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.
For
more information about the Let Justice Roll campaign,
visit http://www.letjusticeroll.org.
### |
