HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2013.11.13 - 21111MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #13298
BY; Commissioner David Woodward, District #19
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - INCREASE IN MINIMUM WAGE TO $10.00 PERHOUR FOR OAKLAND COUNTY EMPLOYEES BY 2016
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS President Obama's State of the Union address proposed to raise the minimum
wage and recently has expressed support for raising the federal minimum wage to $10 ; and
WHEREAS people overwhelmingly support raising the minimum wage; and
WHEREAS a fair day's work deserves a fair day's pay; and
WHEREAS the Michigan minimum wage of $7.40 per hour, which translates to just $15,392 per
year for a full-time worker; and
WHEREAS wages for U.S. workers, particularly low-wage workers, have eroded not just in
recent years, but over several decades. This erosion has contributed to the growth of income
inequality and a weakening middle class; and
WHEREAS the federal minimum wage has lost 30% of its purchasing power in recent decades,
according to the National Employment Law Project. If the minimum wage had kept pace with the
cost of living since 1968, it would now equal $10.56; and
WHEREAS a 2011 Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago study showed that a $1 hike in the
minimum wage rate increases spending by $2,800 a year in households with minimum wage
workers.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners,
hereby establishes a policy that increases the minimum wage for Oakland County full-time and
part-time employees hourly rate of at least $8.00 beginning January 1, 2014, $9.00 beginning
January 1, 2015, and $10.00 beginning January 1, 2016 and thereafter.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby
establishes a policy that requires contractors with Oakland County are required to pay their
employees a minimum hourly rate of $8.00 beginning January 1, 2014, $9.00 beginning
January 1, 2015, and $10.00 beginning January 1, 2016 and thereafter.
Chai person, we'rihov^fh^ adoptio/f®f the foregoing resolution.
Commissioner Davrd Woodward
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Resolution #13298 November 13, 2013
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the Human Resources Committee. There were no objections.