In honor of the fifth anniversary of the passage of Measure C, the Hotel Living Wage in Emeryville, EBASE released “Honoring the Work”, a new report chronicling the impacts of the historic living wage on hotel housekeepers in Emeryville.

The report finds that in just the first year of Measure C’s implementation:
• Over 100 workers benefited from wage increases or workload reductions.
• Total wage increases in that first year amounted to an estimated $390,000.
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