Up with an interesting idea. Make a pact to raise the minimum wage in all their counties. Therefore prevent any businesses from fleeing to less expensive areas. Here now are two of the men behind the plan. D. C. S City Council chairman Phil Mendelsohn and Montgomery County councilman mark elrich. There you both are, excellent. Thank you both for joining me. Chairman, if Companies Went out and did this would be price fixing, bid rigging. Why can counties do this and it is not illegal . I dont think that analogy works at all. Melissa why not . What is wrong with it . For about 60, 70 years the federal government set minimum wage for the country. Three jurisdictions set minimum wage for the region. You cant compare that with price fixing. The fact is that the minimum wage in 1968, if it had kept pace with inflation would be roughly equal to what we agreed to wage the minimum wage too which is 11. 50 over the next several years. This isnt about price fixing this is about Public Policy and
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The 5 Towns Jewish Times
December 23, 2020
With some help from the community, Danielle Aronovitz, a speech language pathologist for the Lawrence School District, collected more than 400 coats for children and families in need. Aronovitz said that when she started at Lawrence School District five years ago, she noticed that many of the students didn’t have winter coats, and that some students didn’t have any coats at all. Since then, she’s organized a coat drive, with help from the district, community, and local businesses.
“Around the holidays, especially the cold ones, it’s important for communities to join together and give back to one another, especially this year, when so many families are suffering financially because of Covid,” Aronovitz said, “It’s important; your neighbor may not have what you have.”