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-----Original Message ----- <br />From: Julie Lind <smciclulie@sbcglobal.net> <br />Sent: Monday, April 6, 2020 4:55 PM <br />To: PublicComment <publiccomment@redwoodcity.org> <br />Cc: Erin Chazer <smcicerin@gmail.com> <br />Subject: 4/6/2020 7pm Meeting - Recommendation 10 <br />Dear Mayor Howard, Vice Mayor Masur and Members of the Council: <br />I hope you and your families are safe and healthy, and that everyone is navigating this pandemic as well <br />as possible. Thank you for your leadership in these difficult times. I am contacting you relative to <br />recommendation 10 - "Direct staff to provide an update to the City Council in October 2020 regarding <br />the local minimum wage to be effective in January 2021 so that the City Council might consider <br />postponing the increase to help relieve Redwood City businesses". While I acknowledge that this is a <br />discussion about having a future discussion, I wanted to let you know where we stand as we were one of <br />the groups that had the privilege of working closely with you during development of the minimum wage <br />ordinance. On behalf of the nearly 80,000 working people we represent, we are vehemently opposed to <br />any postponement of wage increases. Minimum wage workers are some of our most vulnerable <br />members of the population, and now more than ever need as much financial stability and security as <br />possible. Further, many of them have huge healthcare deductibles in a time when access to quality <br />healthcare has never been more critical, particularly as many of them are serving as frontline workers <br />right now in our grocery stores, drug stores, delivery services and restaurants. Should there be a CPI <br />increase, we respectfully request that the January 1, 2021 minimum wage increase proceed as <br />scheduled. Thank you for your consideration. <br />Respectfully, <br />Julie Lind, Executive Secretary/Treasurer San Mateo Labor Council <br />Sent from my iPad <br />