Local 888 is a member of the Raise Up Massachusetts, a coalition committed to building an economy that works for all of us.
Raise Up won a significant increase in the minimum wage in June 2014 -- raising it from $8 to $11 over three years. Raise Up then led the campaign to ensure access to earned sick time for all workers by passing Question 4 in November 2014.
In 2015 and 2016, Raise Up passed a paid family and medical leave bill in the state Senate, fought to win a $15 wage for working people as part of the national Fight for $15 movement, and won the first of two votes by the full state Legislature needed to advance a new Fair Share Amendment to the 2018 ballot.
Next Steps This year, Raise Up is focusing on winning three issues of critical importance to working families in Massachusetts:
- Paid Family and Medical Leave to ensure that workers in Mass. are not forced to choose between work and their own health needs or the well-being of their family members.
- A $15 Minimum Wage to make sure workers can earn a living wage so they can make ends meet and support their families.
- The Fair Share Amendment that creates an additional tax of four percentage points on annual income above one million dollars for investments in quality public schools, affordable higher education, improved transportation, and high-quality early childhood education**.**
New fact sheets to help educate your coworkers, friends, and family about these three campaigns are available from Local 888. Email rwilson@seiu888.org