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Campus Alliance for Economic Justice (CAFE J) — Minimum Wage
Campus Alliance for Economic Justice (CAFE J) — Minimum Wage

Campus Alliance for Economic Justice (CAFE J) — Minimum Wage

Demand

CAFE J demands that the City of San Jose increase the minimum wage to $10 an hour, with an annual cost of living adjustment.

Target

Secondary Target: City Council when it went before them. With the gathering of 36,000 petition signatures, the Council could have voted to increase the minimum wage, but refused, and put it on the November 2012 ballot, which voted 60 to 40% in favor to increase the minimum wage.

In 2016, another group of students worked to increase the minimum wage to $15, which was also approved in a City Council vote.

Status: Won

Course

UX Justice, Liberatory Design, & Community AdvocacyUX Justice, Liberatory Design, & Community Advocacy
UX Justice, Liberatory Design, & Community Advocacy

Juton Myers

African and African American Studies& English

George Mason University

Social ActionSocial Action
Social Action

Scott Myers-Lipton

Sociology

San Jose State University

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Resources

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CAFÉ J and the Campaign to Raise the Minimum Wage.docx10126.2KB
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Constitution of CAFE J.docx116.3KB
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Social Media

CAFE J Facebook Link

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Videos

Press

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TV: Months Before the Elections

  • Channel 11 covered The Debates: http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/SJSU-Students-Debate-Measure-D-at-Teach-In-174506861.html
  • Channel 5 covered John Carlos http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/video/7853202-san-jose-minimum-wage-measure-created-by-students/
  • Channel 2 covered Poverty Under the Stars (also Ch. 11) http://www.ktvu.com/videos/news/san-jose-students-camp-out-to-raise-awareness-of/vgCfN/
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TV: Election Night

  • Karina Rusk: ABC: http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=8876064&pid=8876078
  • http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=8876064
  • CBS/Kiet Do: http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/video/7929809-san-jose-voters-supporting-minimum-wage-increase/
  • ABC: http://news.yahoo.com/video/san-jose-votes-minimum-wage-110147312.html
  • KTVU: http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/voters-approve-10-minimum-wage-san-jose/nSzbD/
  • http://peninsulapress.com/2012/11/09/san-jose-state-students-wage-winning-campaign-to-raise-minimum-wage/
  • KQED: http://blogs.kqed.org/election2012/2012/11/07/san-joses-minimum-wage-will-go-up/
  • http://www.kqed.org/news/story/2012/11/06/110741/san_jose_minimum_wage_going_up?category=bay+area
  • BIZ JOURNAL: http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2012/11/07/san-jose-raises-minimum-wage-to 10.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bizj_sanjose+%28Silicon+Valley+%2F+San+Jose+Business+Journal%29
  • http://www.calaborfed.org/index.php/page/election_2012_san_jose_minimum_wage_workers_headed_for_a_raise
  • http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CA/Santa_Clara/43231/111307/en/summary.html
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TV: Day After the Election

  • Ch 7 Karina Rusk: http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/politics&id=8876078
  • Ch 2/Maureen Naylor: http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/voters-approve-10-minimum-wage-san-jose/nSzbD/
  • Ch. 5: http://news.yahoo.com/video/san-jose-class-project-leads-224600225.html
  • http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2012/11/07/san-jose-voters-approve-minimum-wage-increase/
  • http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/video/7932045-san-jose-class-project-leads-to-minimum-wage-increase/
  • http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2012/11/07/san-jose-reacts-to-new-minimum-wage.html
  • http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ralph-nader/minmum-wage-ballot-measures_b_2089641.html
  • http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/jobs/Inq_Jobbing_BlogVoters-raise-minimum-wages.html
  • http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/11/san-jose-voters-agree-to-hike-citys-minimum-wage-to-10-an-hour.html
  • http://blogs.kqed.org/election2012/2012/11/07/san-joses-minimum-wage-will-go-up/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=san-joses-minimum-wage-will-go-up
  • KCBS/Mike Colgan / below that, Channel 5: Len Ramirez
  • http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2012/11/07/san-jose-voters-approve-minimum-wage-increase/
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TV: Two Days After the Election

  • http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2012/11/07/san-jose-voters-approve-minimum-wage-increase/
  • http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_21967438/san-jose-measure-boosts-efforts-raise-minimum-wages
  • http://blog.sfgate.com/inthepeninsula/2012/11/09/san-jose-state-students-wage-winning-campaign-to-raise-minimum-wage/
  • http://www.sfbg.com/bruce/2012/11/09/dick-meister-we-all-need-higher-minimum-wage
  • http://www.minyanville.com/business-news/politics-and-regulation/articles/Election-2012-And-Jobs253A-The-Most/11/9/2012/id/45722
  • http://peninsulapress.com/2012/11/09/san-jose-state-students-wage-winning-campaign-to-raise-minimum-wage/
  • http://www.kqed.org/news/story/2012/11/12/110994/professor_will_study_san_joses_minimum_wage?category=economy
  • http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/video/7951315-some-san-jose-businesses-warn-of-cuts-over-minimum-wage-hike/
  • http://www.daily49er.com/news/sjsu-students-work-to-raise-san-jose-s-minimum-wage-1.2796385
  • So here is the story of Marisel Castro, the young women who came up with the idea for the minimum wage: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151126423917663&set=a.129005452662.106053.45408742662&type=1&theater
  • Much has been said about Measure D in the press, but my favorite two things are:
  1. this Sacred Heart video about what people would do with the $2 per hour raise: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB6LTknmUPM&feature=share and
  2. this story from Raj Jayadev, the director of Debug, who works with marginalized youth: "...on Monday night a young de-bugger who I've never heard talk about anything but graffiti told me everyone at his job was praying for measure D, it was the only thing people had been talking about. Yall made those prayers real. Thank you isn't even enough. Much respect!!!" Students Against Sexual Assault (SASA)
  3. San Jose Mercury News: https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/05/11/theres-a-lot-of-trauma-in-that-mistrust-in-sjsu-csu-administration-lingers-after-scott-shaw-ordeal/amp/ (and below is the front page story!)
  4. Spotlight: https://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-state-university-sjsu-college-students-demand-protection-after-sex-abuse-scandal/
  5. KTVU/Fox News (2): https://www.ktvu.com/video/1068383
  6. KRON (4): https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/san-jose-students-rally-over-title-ix-protections/
  7. ABC 7: https://abc7news.com/amp/san-jose-state-university-sexual-assault-rally-title-ix-office-sjsu/11839049/
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