HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 78-99RESOLUTION NO. 78-99
RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A POLICY REQUIRING
CERTIFICATION THAT ALL ITEMS PURCHASED IN CITY
PROJECTS HAVE BEEN PRODUCED IN FACILITIES
PAYING WORKERS NO LESS THAN THE FEDERAL
NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE STANDARDS.
WHEREAS, both the Federal and State minimum wage laws tend
to place domestic products at a price disadvantage with
respect to foreign goods produced at substantially lower
labor rates and this price disadvantage is resulting in
increasing local unemployment;
WHEREAS, both the Federal and State government have established
goals and programs to increase employment, and:
WHEREAS, the substitution of foreign jobs for United States and
California employment results in an adverse impact on
the economy affecting all citizens and contributes
directly not only to the loss of domestic jobs, but through
an adverse balance of trade impact contributes to the
devaluation of the U.S. dollar in relationship to other
currencies, and;
WHEREAS. the need to protect American jobs from foreign imports
is fully recognized in Public Law 95-28 and Public Law
95-217 relating to the expenditure of taxpayers funds;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Lodi, adopt a
policy which would require certification that all items
purchased for use in City of Lodi projects have been pro-
duced in facilities where workers are paid wages no less
than the Federal National Minimum Wage Standards, and;
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this body does endorse the
enactment of urgency legislation requiring compliance
with this concept for all publicly financed projects
within California, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that copies of this resolution shall
be transmitted to all cities and counties within the State
of California.
DATED: AUGUST 16, 1978
I, Alice M. Reimche, City Clerk of the City of Lodi do
hereby certify that Resolution No. 78-99 was passed and adopted
in a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Lodi held
August 16, 1978 by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen - Hughes, McCarty and Pinkerton
Noes: Councilmen - Katnich and Katzakian
Absent: Councilmen - None
ALICE M. REIMCHE
CITY CLERK
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