A coalition of community organizations at a news conference in Oakland last week launched a campaign to raise the minimum hourly wage to $30 for companies in the city and Alameda County.
The “Living Wage For All” initiative seeks to close the gap between wages and the cost of living in Oakland and other parts of Alameda County, speakers said.
The Black Organizing Project, an Oakland-based community organization for the city’s Black community; Trabajadores Unidos Workers United, a Bay Area-based immigrant worker center; One Fair Wage, a nationwide nonprofit representing the interests of restaurant workers; and United Auto Workers Region 6 are part of the coalition behind the initiative…