RTW FORMS AND DOWNLOADS:
Blank Petition (Print it out and help gather signatures!)
Raise the Wage Fact Sheet (Simple one-page information sheet that answers many basic questions about the campaign)
Raise the Wage Organizational Endorsement Form (A form that any group or organization can use to endorse the campaign and join the list of supporting organizations)
“Take The Pledge” Volunteer form (If you want to “Take the Pledge” and become a key volunteer for the Raise the Wage Campaign)
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Kansas Department of Labor provides information on wages for the state
U.S. Department of Labor provides information on minimum wage laws
To learn more about minimum wage and living wage campaigns taking place throughout the country, visit Let Justice Roll (www.letjusticeroll.org)
Business for a Fair Minimum Wage, a group of business people who support a higher minimum wage. There are nearly 800 signers at present. (www.businessforafairminimumwage.org)
Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank that seeks to broaden the public debate about strategies to achieve a prosperous and fair economy. (www.epi.org)
Over 500 economists, including several Nobel Prize winners, have signed the statement, “It’s Time for a Raise.” (www.epinet.org/stmt/economistsminwage200410web.pdf)
The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law is a non-partisan public policy and law institute that focuses on the fundamental issues of democracy and justice. See what they are doing to support the national living wage movement. (www.brennancenter.org)
Partnership for New York City, a powerful nonprofit group of CEOs founded by David Rockefeller. The Partnership recently broke with tradition of many business-advocacy groups and came out supporting an increase of New York’s minimum wage. (www.pfnyc.org)
As of July 24, 2007, thirty states have raised their minimum wage above the current federal level.
The Fiscal Policy Institute is a nonpartisan research and education organization that focuses on the broad range of tax, budget, economic and related public policy issues. In March 2006 FPI produced a report showing that “States with Minimum Wages above the Federal level have had Faster Small Business and Retail Job Growth” (www.fiscalpolicy.org)
The Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts examines the causes and consequences of rising wage inequality and declining living standards for low-wage workers in the U.S. economy, including research on living wage initiatives. (www.peri.umass.edu)
KAN commissioned the Kansas based Ad Astra Institute to study the economic effects of raising the state minimum wage (download the report)
