Opponents of newly approved ordinances that give healthcare workers in several Southern California cities a $25-an-hour minimum wage say they have gathered enough signatures to put the issue before voters.
Opponents contend the ordinances are unfair, as the base wage applies only to healthcare employees in private hospitals, integrated health systems and dialysis clinics. Healthcare workers in public facilities who do the exact same jobs are excluded.
SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West, a union of healthcare workers, say they’ve collected the required amount of signatures for Los Angeles, Downey, Inglewood, Duarte and Monterey Park to place referendums on the ballot. The timing will vary from city to city.
The No on the Long Beach Unequal Pay Measure campaign gathered signatures for a referendum in Long Beach and turned them in Wednesday, Sept. 21 for review.
To qualify the referendum in L.A., the law required 40,717 valid signatures from registered voters in the city.
The No on the Los Angeles Unequal Pay Measure coalition – composed of health care workers, community clinics, seniors, community organizations, businesses, hospitals and other healthcare providers – turned in 88,387 signatures Aug. 10 to the City Clerk’s office.
The ordinance will not take effect until voters in the city of Los Angeles vote on the referendum, likely in 2024.
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