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  County Passes Living Wage!
   Thank County Commissioners Who Voted For It

 

  By a vote of 7 - 5 (and one recusal), the Shelby County Commission
  passed our living wage ordinance for County workers and workers on
  County contracts.

  In a separate action, the County Commission has also implemented
  new requirements for their PILOT property tax freeze program, which
  requires employers receiving PILOTs to pay $10 per hour and health
  insurance benefits for all new jobs that were created in order to receive
  the tax freeze.

  The vote was very close, and it was clear that the presence of 100 living
  wage supporters, as well as the hundreds of letters and phone calls that
  we made this spring, had an impact.

  The county living wage ordinance differs from the city ordinance in two ways,
  one which is positive and one which is negative. The positive change is that
  the county ordinance ties the living wage level to the federal poverty level,
  so that workers will receive a cost of living increase each year on July 1st.
  The negative change is that county contractors that have 10 or less employees
  are exempted from the living wage ordinance. This amendment was needed
  in order to keep the living wage ordinance from failing to pass altogether.

  

 

 
  

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