To: Mountain View City Council
City of Mountain View: Raise the wage to $15
Mountain View City Council in California will vote on Thursday October 9th as to whether to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour. We need to show the council they have our support. Our community has an extremely high cost of living. A minimum wage of at least $15 per hour is necessary for ordinary people to lead decent lives.
Why is this important?
This petition is to let the city council of Mountain View that they have community support for raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour. The cost of living in Silicon Valley has increased tremendously. This has negatively impacted low wage workers. Income inequality is severe in Silicon Valley: high tech wages and profits are skyrocketing while low tech workers with low wages endure lower quality of life due to the high cost of living.