We Believe Denounces Efforts to Undermine Minimum Wage Amendment As Passed By the People of Ohio
Monday, December 11, 2006
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 11, 2006
On November 7, the people of Ohio recognized what was at stake for the hundreds of thousands of Ohioans who struggle every day to make ends meet. They stepped into the polls, and voted to increase our state’s minimum wage. They stood up for human dignity, and embraced the common good.
Now, however, some elected officials at the State House are attempting to undermine the will of the people of Ohio. Senator Steve Stivers and Representative Bill Seitz have introduced legislation that would exclude home health care providers from the minimum wage and change existing Ohio law to make it harder or impossible for minimum wage workers who feel their rights are violated to go to court.
We Believe Ohio stands with Ohioans for a Fair Minimum Wage and Let Justice Roll in opposing any and all efforts to exclude some low wage workers from the new minimum wage.
In the religious community, we actively search for the common good, and in this quest there is no room for stealth efforts to undermine the people’s will to lift up their brothers and sisters who so desperately deserve a hand.
It is because we value the personal dignity of every citizen of this state, and the soul of our society, that we will continue to stand up for the minimum wage increase as it was passed by the people of Ohio on Election Day.
www.webelieveohio.org
We are called as people of faith and loyal Americans to be united in dialogue and action to say:
YES to justice for all; NO to prosperity for only a few; YES to diverse religious expression; NO to self-righteous certainty; YES to the common good; NO to discrimination against any of God’s people; YES to the voice of religious traditions informing public policy; NO to crossing the lines that separate the institutions of Religion and Government.
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CONTACT: Rev. Tim Ahrens 614.228.1741 or Katie Barge, kbarge@faithinpubliclife.org 202.243.8289
