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POR 2016 #101 · Agenda item attachment · Apr 4 2016
City Council support of State Senate Bill S. 1022 which would allow municipalities in Massachusetts to set their own minimum wage without contest
City of Cambridge
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Original Order
IN CITY COUNCIL
April 4, 2016
COUNCILLOR MAZEN
VICE MAYOR MCGOVERN
WHEREAS:
Senate Bill 1022, which is presently waiting to be heard by the Massachusetts Senate,
would allow municipalities in Massachusetts to set their own minimum wage without
contest; and
WHEREAS:
The current statewide minimum wage of $10.00 per hour is only two-thirds of the
current Cambridge Living Wage standard of $15.04 per hour; and
WHEREAS:
The Cambridge City Council has expressed its concern about low wages in Cambridge
and their detrimental impact on the city’s residents; and
WHEREAS:
State Senate Bill S. 1022 would give the City of Cambridge the ability to address the
issue of low wages in Cambridge by raising the current minimum wage in Cambridge,
under direction of the Council; now therefore be it
RESOLVED:
That the City Council go on record in support of State Senate Bill S. 1022; and be it
further
ORDERED:
That the City Clerk be and hereby is requested to forward a suitably engrossed copy of
this resolution to the Cambridge Legislative Delegation and Senate President Stanley
Rosenberg on behalf of the entire City Council.