MINIMUM WAGE LANDSLIDE: WHAT HAPPENED, WHAT'S NEXT, NOV. 9 TELECONFERENCE REPLAY AVAILABLE

For Immediate Release: November 9, 2006
Contact: Betsy Leondar-Wright, Let Justice Roll
781-704-4039 (cell), betsy@classmatters.org

If you missed the Nov. 9 teleconference, click here to listen.

In a telephone press conference Thursday, Nov. 9, state minimum wage ballot organizers from Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, Montana and Ohio; leaders of the national Let Justice Roll campaign; and two business leaders analyzed the historic minimum wage election victories and discussed future action.

WHO:

-- REV. PAUL SHERRY, national coordinator, Let Justice Roll campaign and co-author, "A Just Minimum Wage: Good for Workers, Business and Our Future"

-- MONTANA: Doug Mitchell, campaign manager, Raise Montana, Helena

-- MISSOURI: Rev. Audrey Hollis, lead organizer, Let Justice Roll Missouri, St. Louis

-- SMALL-BUSINESS OWNER: Lew Prince, co-owner, Vintage Vinyl, St. Louis; featured on PBS Now show on minimum wage

-- OHIO: Katy Heins, Lead Organizer, Let Justice Roll Ohio, Cincinnati

-- VENTURE CAPITALIST: Adnan Durrani, president of Condor Ventures,
Stamford, CT; venture partner, Blue Chip Venture Capital, Cincinnati

-- COLORADO: Terri McMaster, leader in Let Justice Roll Colorado, and
director, Lutheran Advocacy Ministry, Denver

-- ARIZONA: Rev. Trina Zelle, lead organizer, Let Justice Roll Arizona,
Tempe

-- REV. BOB EDGAR, general secretary, National Council of Churches, former Congressman, and author, "Middle Church: Reclaiming the Moral Values of the Faithful Majority from the Religious Right"

Mr. Prince and Mr. Durrani are inaugural signatories to the Business Owners and Executives for a Higher Minimum Wage statement available at http://www.letjusticeroll.org/pressroom/ljrpressrelease-10-31.html.

Let Justice Roll is a fast-growing national nonpartisan partnership of more
than 80 organizations working for a higher minimum wage at the state and
federal level. Leading Let Justice Roll members include the National Council of Churches-USA, American Friends Service Committee, United Church of Christ Justice and Witness Ministries, Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, ACORN, Union for Reform Judaism, and Interfaith Worker Justice.

For more information about member groups and the Let Justice Roll campaign, visit http://www.letjusticeroll.org.

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