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Other Active 25 Year Staff Members: Steve Allgeier Joe Ament Brian Anstett Terry Arseneau Larry Bast Cindy Battler Glen Beitz Randy Beitz Dan Bender Dave Bender Karen Bender Pat Bender Yvonne Bender Deb Benham Susan Benner Rob Bentall Frank Beraro Leonard Boyes Gord Braid Todd Brimley Bob Broughton Larry Brunkard Murray Buchan Will Buddell Gary Burkitt Jennine Camm Richard Campbell Ruth Carmichael Alvin Carter Matt Carter Blaine Chisholm Steve Claypole Jaye Coghlin Fraser Collinson Raylene Cooper Joe Cormier Rod Courtemanche Ken Cressman Mark Cressman Todd Cressman Wendy Culp-Wing Cindy Day Michelle Deline Jeff DeVries Cathy Dewar Lynn Diebold Tim Dietrich Jim Donkersgoed Murray Dowler Chris Duench Sharon Duff Rick Dunphy John Dyksterhuis Paul Edwards Cliff Elliott Michele Esch Doug Fallis Winn Faries Bill Ferguson Rich Fierling Dave Fischer Brad Fisher Richard Fleet Bruce Gabel Don Gascho Wayne Gilkinson Ralph Gingerich Marvin Gingrich Bruce Gooding Darryl Gromeder Dave Gromeder Gerry Grubbe Judy Hackbart Steve Hall Doug Hamilton Bruce Hammer Jim Harloff Heike Hehl Tammy Hehn
Joe Henry Rick Herdman Marg Herron Dave Horne Bonnie Horst Brent Horst Daniel Howe Stan Hubble Keith Hunt Don Hutton Joe Jacklin Robert Jamieson Wayne Jantzi Denise Jordan Sandy Jordan Stephanie Kavanaugh Cathy Kelly Ken Kennery Brian Kerr Pete Kiertscher Roger King Andy Klonikowski Grant Knowlton Brian Kostal Tony Krotz Trian Kun Joan Lackner Larry Laver Dan Legault Steve Leith Will Lincoln Derril Linseman Terry Little Ron Logie Wayne Loos Ron Lotz David Ludington Mark Lussier Al MacDonald Dale MacPherson Bob Maddess Joel Marks Howard Martin Jeff Martin Judi Martin Kevin Martin Brenda McBeth Keith McCluskie Debra McCowan Edgar McIntosh Ron McKinnon Dennis McLachlan Randy McLaughlin Doug McNee Ann Metzger Carl Michalek Rosanne Moore Todd Mowbray Paul Near Kathy Neeb Denise Neely Clarence Nieuwhof Jana Nelson Kim Noonan Michael Oehring Tim Payne Nelson Petersen Shelley Plein Dave Pope Jamie Pope Tammy Porter Audra Prescott Doug Psutka Steve Rajcak Louise Raymond Brian Reed Harriet Rennie Randy Riff Lori Riley
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Stew Gingrich Doug Gray Mr. Walter Hachborn Allan Hoffarth Dave Hollinger Don Karcher Don Kenesky Ben Krause Albert Martin Brian J Martin Merle Martin Randy McBeth Ken Metzger Don Miller Debbie Nuys
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man said. Their employer program works on a level system from “friends” all the way up to “champions.” Companies fall into the categories based on what group of their employees are paid a living wage. It can take a few years for employers to be able to pay all their employees the living wage. “They can start off at the friend level where they’re considering it and looking at numbers and hoping to be able to pay their staff this amount. And then it goes up from there, starting with all of their full-time staff moving to full and part-time staff, student employees or subcontracted staff. And then the living wage champion level is all staff,” Coleman explained. Some employers start right at the champion level. She notes one employer who’s currently at the friend level has an implementation plan so that every six months they’re
increasing wages in order to get to the leader level within a year. They started with 10 employers in the program, which was ahead of schedule because that was their goal for after a full year of the program. By 2015 they had 20 employers on board and their goal by next year is to up it to 40. Mennonite Central Committee is one of the employers taking part of the program. MCC Ontario executive director Rick Cober Bauman says it was a no-brainer for them to participate. “It kind of came to a head when we had to get cleaning staff arranged for this building and had some choices to make about whether we would contract it out. We looked at what people were being paid. When we contracted out cleaning we realized that we couldn’t live with that, so we brought our custodial staff onto our staff component of the whole of the organization so that they would get a
Betty Marshall is the Elmira MCC Thrift Shop’s general manager. living wage, get benefits and make sure that they’re not struggling in the same kind of situation that people in our programs that we’re trying to help are struggling in,” Cober Bauman said. MCC’s main poverty work locally is helping women who are experiencing persistent homelessness, get into and stay housed in affordable housing with strong community supports. “It didn’t seem consistent to be doing anti-poverty work for people in the
broader community and then still having people that we were paying but not paying well,” Cober Bauman said. Paying a living wage has been associated with higher staff morale and less employee turnover. He’s seen that to be the case at MCC. “People are staying, they’re part of the staff community, they come to the staff picnic. I think it is good for the organization to be healthy, less divisive. MCC has long had a commitment that we try to keep the gap modest between the lowest and the highest paid in the organization. We put some limits on how big that gap can be. We know that we pay more at entry-level positions than we would need to, but we feel that that’s fair and is healthy for the organization, but also healthy for those families in the community.” To view how the 2017 living wage was calculated, visit www. livingwagewr. org.
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