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DESCRIPTION:\n"Raising the Wage Floor: Living Wage, Minimum Wage and the Movement for 
 Economic Justice in America"\n\nWednesday, September 20th\n6:30-8:30 
 PM\n\nRobert Pollin, Professor of Economics, University of 
 Massachusetts-Amherst\n\nPetaluma Public Library\n100 Fairgrounds 
 Drive\n(Near East Washington Ave and Fairgrounds)\n\nDr. Robert Pollin is 
 an economist at the University of Massachusetts at\nAmherst and is 
 considered one of the foremost academic researchers on the\nliving wage, 
 minimum wage, and labor markets. His research on the fiscal\nimpacts of the 
 Los Angeles living wage ordinance in the mid-90s laid the\ngroundwork for 
 subsequent living wage legislation all across the United\nStates. Most 
 recently, he has conducted research on the costs and benefits\nof the 
 Florida minimum wage increase approved by the voters in 2004 and he\nhas 
 just completed a study about the fiscal impact of the proposed 
 Arizona\nminimum wage increase on the ballot this November. He is 
 co-director of the\nPolitical Economy Research Institute at the University 
 of Massachusetts,\nand among his many books are: Transforming the U.S. 
 Financial System\n(edited with Gary Dymski) and The Living Wage: Building A 
 Fair Economy\n(co-authored with Stephanie Luce). Robert Pollin will speak 
 on the origins\nof the Living Wage movement, the structural economic 
 conditions that are\ndriving this grass-roots nationwide campaign, and 
 strategies for the\nfuture. Please join us for an exciting evening with one 
 of the leading\nproponents for economic justice in America.\n\nThe event is 
 free and wheelchair accessible. Please contact Living Wage\nCoalition 
 co-coordinator Ben Boyce for more information at 478-9663 or\n545-7349 x 
 220 or (ben.boyce@sbcglobal.net). Please see our website 
 at:\nhttp://www.livingwagesonoma.org for further information.\n\nSponsored 
 by the Living Wage Coalition of Sonoma County and New Economy,\nWorking 
 Solutions (NEWS).\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/09/13/18310813.php
SUMMARY:"Raising the Wage Floor: Living Wage, Minimum Wage and the Movement for Economic Justice
LOCATION:Petaluma Public Library\n100 Fairgrounds Drive\n(Near East Washington Ave 
 and Fairgrounds)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/09/13/18310813.php
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