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Worker representatives appointed to the “Workplace Regulations Partnership Group” say they are eager to begin crafting a citywide paid sick leave ordinance for Minneapolis.
Seven of the 15 members of the group have connections to organized labor and/or the MplsWorks coalition that is promoting paid sick leave legislation:
- Liz Doyle, associate director of TakeAction Minnesota
- Brian Elliott, executive director, Service Employees International Union
- Chelsie Glaubitz Gabiou, campaigns manager for the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
- Ron Harris, community organizer, Neighborhoods Organizing for Change
- Guillermo Alexander Lindsay, fast-food worker and member of CTUL, Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en Lucha/Center of Workers United in Struggle
- Wade Luneburg, secretary-treasurer of UNITE HERE Local 17
- Chris Pennock, a Working America member and low-wage worker from Minneapolis
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The Minneapolis City Council approved the members of the group Friday from a pool of 80 applicants.
“This partnership is an exciting step in the fight for workers in all of Minneapolis,” said Lindsay, who works at McDonald’s.
“My co-workers and I often are forced to choose between going to work sick or missing hours on our paycheck. We can’t make ends meet when we miss a shift. I’m ready to work with this partnership representing the voice of low-wage workers to create a strong solution to address one of the many crises that workers are facing.”
Elliott noted that 42% of Minneapolis workers lack earned sick and safe time.
“Our city is great for some residents, but it is failing too many working families, particularly women and people of color,” he said. “These growing inequalities led workers to demand the conversation that has become MplsWorks and the Working Families Agenda, and addressing the lack of earned sick and safe time is one step toward fixing the growing racial and economic divides that are plaguing our city.”
The group is expected to submit a recommendation to the City Council by late February.
The MplsWorks coalition released a statement, which said in part, “We are hopeful about the process and encourage appointees to work together to recommend a meaningful city ordinance that addresses the serious crisis that Minneapolis families are facing.”