Green Party fair wage campaign

I've mentioned it before, but I just noticed that the website finally has some content on it, so I'll mention it again: the Green Party of California has decided to "place a statewide initiative on the November 2006 ballot designed to dramatically increase the state minimum wage to a "Fair Wage" in the direction of a Living Wage."

From the Californians for Fair Wages Coalition website:

The goal is to create a coalition, known as the Californians for Fair Wages Coalition (CFWC), of Worker's Organizations, Labor, Public-Interest, Peace-and-Justice, and Faith-Based Groups, for the purpose of circulating, and passing at the ballot, a statewide initiative to raise the minimum wage to a "Fair Wage" in the direction of a Living Wage, including provisions to index wages for inflation (COLAs).

We have already held one initial conference in the north and are finalizing plans for one in the south to introduce all interested parties and organizations to each other, to discuss the parameters and goals of the partnership, and to review research and data of various campaign related studies. Later meetings will define the final provisions, authorities and duties of the rest of the campaign. CFW and the Green Party of California sponsored the Conferences.