NS ORD-1997-013 Living Wage Ordinance

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APPENDIX 4. defined as neutrality on union organizing, providing a complete and accurate list of 33 names and addresses of employees, reasonable access to employees and facilities during non-working periods, voluntary recognition based on a card check demonstrating that a union represents a majority of employees in a bargaining unit, and binding arbitration on the first contract. 8. The City of Minneapolis, working through the MCDA, will impose sanctions for non-compliance with these requirements. 9. The MCDA and the METP will report on compliance with these requirements, as a part of the annual job linkage report to the City Council. 10. Work presently being performed by City employees may not be contracted out unless the contractors pay employees performing that work a living wage or the current City wage and benefits, whichever is higher. 11. To the extent legally possible, City contracts awarded for service will, within four years, beginning in 1997, be awarded to contractors who pay at a minimum a living wage for employees performing that contract service. 12. The Minneapolis City Council shall direct their purchasing staff to develop by August 1997 policies and practices for contracting and purchasing of goods and services to encourage the creation of living wage jobs. 13. The City of Minneapolis acknowledges the need for job readiness services for some City residents who face serious social and economic barriers to employability. Many of these residents need to establish a stable work history before they are able to move on to living wage jobs. The City of Minneapolis exempts organizations whose primary mission is to provide job readiness and training services, and whose primary purpose of requesting funding is to provide those services. 14. The City of Minneapolis will work with the Metropolitan Council and other appropriate state and regional agencies and the legislature to promote common standards consistent along these guidelines for job creation and retention assistance by public development agencies throughout the region. 15. Although our primary focus is on the creation of living wage jobs where public assistance is received, Minneapolis cannot achieve its economic development goals without a trained and work-ready workforce and adequate day care. Minneapolis will commit to assist area businesses to obtain trained and work-ready employees and to facilitate access to child care. 16. Administrative guidelines should be developed by the MCDA staff and brought before the MCDA Board of Commissioners for review and adoption. These guidelines should explain in detail how each of the policy recommendations will be - implemented.