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A
And
whereas
the
worsening
economic
inequality
in
America
is
making
it
harder
for
people
who
put
in
an
honest
day's
work
to
get
ahead
in.
Nobody
who
works
40
hours
a
week
should
have
to
live
in
poverty.
Then,
where,
as
one
remedy
for
this
worsening
inequality
and
to
restore
the
American
dream,
that
is
it.
If
you
put
in
an
honest,
hard
day's
work,
you
can
build
a
better
life
for
you
and
your
family.
It's
the
demand.
A
A
47
recovery
plan,
beginning
with
the
2017
budget,
and
that
the
director
of
the
office
of
management
budget
shall
issue
policies
by
December,
31st
2016
that
detailed
a
manner
and
procedure
for
implementing
this
order.
So
without
further
ado,
I
present
to
you,
the
man
who
put
this
together
today,
Mayor
Bill
Peduto.
B
Yeah,
you
know
my
favorite
quote:
is
Mahatma
Gandhi,
it's
be
the
change
you
wish
to
see
in
the
world.
So
if
we're
going
to
talk
about
this,
we
have
to
start
with
how
we
treat
our
own
employees,
the
city
of
Pittsburgh.
We
realized
that
in
the
state
of
Pennsylvania,
cities
are
not
allowed
to
have
their
own
minimum
wages.
The
state
legislature
took
that
away
from
us
a
while
ago,
but
that
doesn't
mean
that
we
can't
pay
our
workers
a
salary
that
we
wish
to
see.
B
We're
going
to
get
a
workforce,
that's
more
dedicated
to
doing
the
job,
we're
going
to
get
a
workforce
that
doesn't
have
to
rely
upon
public
assistance
for
food
for
housing
for
transportation
and
we're
going
to
be
able
to
be
that
example
to
be
that
change
that
we
want
to
see
in
our
world.
So
let
us
partner!
Now
let
us
look
not
just
to
the
contracts
that
the
city
offers
not
just
to
the
workers
that
are
employed
by
the
cities,
but
to
the
businesses
of
Pittsburgh.
That
also
want
to
be
a
part
of
this.
B
This
city
was
built
by
working
people
working
in
minds
working
in
Mills,
who
fought
to
be
able
to
create
the
middle
class.
The
economy
has
changed,
it's
no
longer
going
down
in
two
minds
and
in
the
mills
within
the
city.
It's
a
service
industry
and
with
those
people
fought
for
people
like
my
grandfather,
should
not
be
lost
just
because
the
economy
has
been
changed.
We
should
be
respectful
of
what
they
fought
for.
We
should
be
respectful
of
what
they
sacrificed
to
build
this
country,
and
we
should
stand
with
pride
and
say
it's
now.
B
Our
turn
to
do
the
same
now.
I
could
sit
here
and
pontificate,
but
there's
a
couple:
people
who
really
personify
what
we're
exactly
talking
about
people
that
work
hard
work,
damn
hard.
You
know
a
lot
of
these
people
that
we
talk
about
work,
two
jobs
and
still
can't
make
it
and
that's
not
an
economy.
That's
going
to
be
sustainable,
not
for
this
city,
not
for
the
state,
not
for
this
country
and
nobody
who
puts
in
40
hours.
Nobody
should
ever
have
to
live
in
poverty.
C
C
C
B
B
Imagine
her
working
in
the
department
of
parks
and
recreation
and
being
able
to
work
with
kids
and
being
able
to
go
home
at
five
o'clock
to
be
able
to
be
with
her
own
child.
Imagine
her
being
able
to
earn
what
we're
going
to
be
paying
our
employees
and
not
have
to
worry
about
this
constantly,
but
be
able
to
work
hard
and
get
what
is
just
respectful
wage
to
be
able
to
raise
a
family.
You
know
that's
the
story
that
we're
facing
in
this
country
and
unfortunately,
it's
going
like
this.
B
The
disparity
is
getting
greater,
it's
not
getting
better
and
unless
we
become
proactive
and
start
to
be
able
to
make
these
types
of
changes,
it's
not
going
to
change.
It's
not
going
to
change
on
its
own,
so
to
all
the
people
that
are
in
this
room,
the
people
who
fought
and
stood
up
and
said
you
know
this
is
not
the
right
way
that
this
isn't
the
country
that
we
wanted
to
see
that
this
isn't
the
way
that
things
should
be.
Thank
you
because
without
you,
it
stays
the
same
with
you.
B
We're
able
to
take
these
steps
forward.
This
is
a
step
forward
today.
This
isn't
the
final
solution,
a
lot
more
work
to
be
done,
but
we're
going
to
show
how
you
can
do
it
now.
You
can
keep
a
balanced
budget
and
still
be
able
to
do
it
and
teach
people
keep
people
with
respect,
Darlene,
Nicholson,
Wagner,
she's,
a
lab
processor
at
Allegheny,
General,
Hospital
and
another
person.
Who
can
tell
you
firsthand
about
what
it's
like
with
the
struggle
with
the
current
system
to.
D
I'm,
58
years
old
and
I
have
nothing
set
aside
for
my
retirement
as
a
lab
processor
at
Allegheny,
General
Hospital
I
prepare
patient
samples
that
will
be
screened
for
cancers
and
other
diseases
at
the
cellular
level.
I'm
very
proud
of
the
work
that
we
do.
I
also
know
that
transforming
our
anchor
institutions
is
important
for
all
Pittsburgh
workers
by
1200,
co-workers
and
I
recently
formed
our
union
and
we
are
standing
and
fighting
alongside
UPMC
see
workers
as
well
as
workers
from
other
service
industries.
D
The
fight
for
15
is
important
because
we
want
to
see
our
city
prosper,
and
that
starts
with
workers
that
have
wages
that
will
enable
us
to
reinvest
in
our
communities
it's
hard
for
any
of
us
to
get
ahead.
If
we
don't
all
get
ahead,
that's
why
I
am
so
proud
to
have
a
mayor
who
understands
the
importance
of
this
fight
and
leaving
this
city
in
the
effort,
the
example
for
all
the
employers
of
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
I.
Thank
you
again.
B
We
have
that
opportunity
during
this
next
year
to
show
that
we
can
do
this
and
the
show
the
businesses
around
the
city
that
will
support
the
businesses
that
follow
this
example
and
doing
that
requires
that
everyone
in
this
room
stay
organized
in
that
way.
The
businesses
that
are
willing
to
follow
the
example
and
to
sign
on
to
the
pledge
with
us
are
the
ones
where
we
should
shop
at
the
restaurants.
We
should
go
to
the
businesses
that
we
should
utilize
the
ones
that
are
investing
in
the
most
important
part
of
every
one
of
our
neighborhoods.
B
E
E
Mom
couldn't
get
it
right
either,
so
I've
only
been
in
Pittsburgh
for
about
40
years,
so
I'm
new
to
town,
but
we
have
a
really
important
movement
going
in
our
community
and
the
fight
for
15
nationally
is
really
something
that
has
given
all
of
the
organizations
they're
about
working
people
about
using
our
economic
development
to
make
better
communities
for
all
of
our
commute
for
all
of
our
city.
A
real
opportunity
to
stand
up
and
join
the
national
movement.
I
believe
today
that
our
mayor
has
really
set
a
standard
for
mayor's
across
this
country.
E
In
many,
many
communities
has
taken
a
long
fight.
We
had
a
living
wage
campaign
back
when
the
mayor
was
chief
of
staff
for
a
city
councilman
20
years
ago
to
try
to
raise
the
living
wage
well,
instead
of
having
to
fight
a
mayor
and
and
and
we've
got
a
leader
in
mayor,
Peduto
who's,
now
doing
that
for
all
of
us
in
calling
on
the
rest
of
the
community
to
respond
to
that,
the
business
community
really
has
a
responsibility
here.
E
What
the
mayor
is
arguing
is
that
you
reinvest
in
workers
and
that
comes
back
in
a
tax
base,
grow
that
comes
back
in
less
demand
for
government
taxation
to
provide
human
services
that
aren't
coming
through
a
wage
that
workers
earn.
So
we
are
very
excited.
The
mayor
has
made
very
clear
that
he
understands
that
we
have
a
new
economy,
I
used
to
be
a
steel
worker
and
I
spent
almost
30
years,
helping
workers
that
had
good
jobs
and
lost
them
try
to
remake
their
lives.
Well,
the
mayor
has
pointed
out.
E
We
have
a
meds
and
Ed's
economy
in
our
community.
The
government
is
an
important
part
of
that
and
he's
shown
the
leadership
today.
The
rest
of
the
meds
and
Ed's
economy
needs
to
follow.
So
I
just
would
finish
by
saying
that
it's
exciting
being
in
Pittsburgh,
it's
exciting
that
Pittsburgh
today
is
joining
communities
around
the
country.
More
than
200
I
believe
are
out
in
the
streets
today,
as
the
fast
food
workers
once
again
lead
us
out
into
the
streets,
but
it's
all
about
amount.
E
The
the
ATI
workers
at
that
the
steelworkers
represent
we're
fighting
to
hang
on
to
those
middle-class
jobs.
It's
about
grocery
store
workers
that
the
UFCW
represents
it's
about,
having
folks
that
are
in
the
restaurant
industry,
that
rock
is
trying
to
keep
going
fight
for
Pittsburgh,
Pittsburgh
fight
back
fight
for
15.
We
have
folks
here
from
the
casino
workers
with
you
night
here,
the
AFT
adjunct
professors
pin
the
janitors
and
security
workers
of
BJ
we're
all
in
this
together.
B
You
made
a
good
point
to
in
that
how
this
is
all
interrelated.
What
happens
to
that
family
once
they're
able
to
be
able
to
have
a
wage?
That
is
the
same.
They
invest
back
in
the
neighborhood.
They
invest
back
instead
of
that
rental
property
that
people
are
calling
building,
inspection
about
they
own
their
home
and
they
take
care
of
their
own
home.
It's
a
commitment
than
to
be
with
the
children
to
break
the
cycle
of
poverty,
because
parents
can
be
with
their
children
on
a
long-term
basis.
B
What
we're
doing
what
we're
doing
today
is
a
small
step,
but
we're
going
right
to
the
root
of
the
problem
and
we're
finding
a
way
to
be
able
to
say
this
is
the
way
you
address
the
problem,
and
this
is
the
type
of
change
we
want
to
see
and
we're
going
to
lead
as
a
city
to
be
a
part
of
that
change.
So
it's
an
honor
to
be
with
all
of
you
today
to
be
a
part
of
this
movement
that
is
going
to
spur
other
action
across
this
country.
B
A
So
the
question
is
about
the
cost:
it's
an
investment.
First
of
all,
it's
parallel.
You
know,
when
you
look
at
the
agenda
that
the
mayor
is
pursuing
we're
making
investments
in
neighborhoods
in
the
city
that
haven't
seen
attention
for
multi
decades.
We
have
an
affordable
housing
agenda
that
we're
investing
in
neighborhoods,
and
so
this
is
our
investment
in
people
over
the
over
the
next
five
years.
A
Right
now,
our
initial
assessment
in
the
city
is
there's
about
300
workers
who
make
less
of
art,
so
ten
percent
of
the
city's
total
workforce
far
too
high,
who
make
less
than
these
wage
standards.
This
will
be
a
budget
discussion
as
part
of
next
year,
which
is
consistent
with
with
our
five
year
plan
and
those
costs
and
those
investments
will
be.
You
know,
shaken
out
the
first
phase
of
the
jumping
to
1250
an
hour.
A
The
initial
analysis
based
on
the
current
budget
for
these
300
workers,
is
about
150
thousand
dollars,
so
minimal
investment
for
to
phase
in
but
again
this
is
it.
This
is
a
five-year
budget
discussion
in
terms
of
the
legislation
that
will
be
forthcoming,
which
has
a
bigger
economic
impact
that
would
bind
city
contractors
to
the
same
investment
in
people
that
the
mayor
has
taken
for
our
own
city
workers
that'll
be
handled
next
year
and
then,
ultimately,
you
know
over
the
five-year
period,
as
the
phase
and
gets
to
15
will
complete
the
the
investment.
A
B
A
A
So
this
is
the
plan.
Is
this
is
a
budget
process
for
next
year
again,
today,
we've
articulated
the
vision
over
the
next
five
years
to
bring
the
city
workforce
up
to
a
minimum
wage
of
fifteen
dollars
an
hour,
and
so
again
we've
already
started
the
analysis
of
it,
but
this
will
be
for
the
2017
budget.