Rochester anti-poverty agency reports progress in campaign to get employers to raise wages
“’The wage disparities that persist today are just one piece of evidence of the structural racism rooted deeply across our community,’ said Jerome Underwood, RMAPI Steering Committee co-chair. ‘The 2017 Wage Disparities report from the City of Rochester and RMAPI laid this out clearly, showing that Black and Brown people earn less than their white counterparts in nearly every industry sector and across all levels of education.’
RMAPI has also announced its policy agenda for this year, and among the priorities is pushing for more equitable decisions on how COVID relief funding is spent and how governments make decisions about that funding.”