ICYMI: Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield Pushes For Livable Wage for Municipal Employees
Washington, D.C. – Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield signed an executive order aimed at ensuring all city employees earn a livable wage, marking an important move to support Detroit’s workforce and strengthen local communities. The plan could benefit roughly 900 city employees, many of whom are Detroit residents, and is backed by about $7.9 million in the mayor’s proposed budget.
Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield signed an executive order March 9 to provide city employees with a livable wage.
After presenting her first budget as mayor to the Detroit City Council, Mayor Mary Sheffield unveiled her plan to make sure all Detroit municipal employees are paid a livable wage.
Sheffield signed an executing order instructing the city’s human resources director to provide a report within 60 days detailing how many full-time city employees are making less than a livable wage, which she put at $21.45 an hour. Sheffield said her office estimates this could include up to 900 city employees.
“Importantly, 70% of those individuals are Detroit residents,” she said. “That means that we are investing not only in our workforce but also strengthening our families in our neighborhoods across our city.”
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“Detroit’s comeback over the past decade would not have been possible without the hard work, the sacrifice of our city of Detroit employees,” she said. “The men and women who keep our cities safe, our services running, and our city moving forward every single day and often go unrecognized and are often underpaid. As a city that is committed to reducing poverty and expanding opportunity, we must lead by example.”
