(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, the Working Group on Jobs, Wages, and Benefits (WGJWB) will host its first meeting that will result in recommendations on legislative, programmatic, and policy ways to improve the District’s economic competitiveness, attract and retain businesses and employees, protect and promote commercial diversity, and create and preserve good paying jobs. Mayor Bowser initially announced plans for the working group during her 2016 State of the District Address and formally established the WGJWB by Mayor’s Order 2016-083 on May 26, 2016.
The working group includes three representatives each from the executive branch, the legislative branch, labor unions, worker advocate organization, the business community, and the public. All recommendations will be sent to the Mayor by the end of the year with community input.
WHO:
Courtney Snowden, Deputy Mayor for Greater Economic Opportunity
Rob Hawkins, Deputy Chief of Staff and Communications Director
Stephen C. Taylor, Commissioner of the District of Columbia Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking (Department)
Dyana Forester, Southern Regional Field Organizer, Jobs with Justice
Miles Gray, Managing Partner of Smith Commons and Smith Public Trust
Jamie Contreras, Vice President of 32BJ’s Capital Area District
Steve Nash, President and CEO of Stoddard Baptist Home Foundation
Dannia Hakkie, Co-Founder and Principal at MoKi Media
Kim Horn, President of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Inc.
Dayvie Paschall, DesignBuild Diversity Manager for DBE & EEO, Skanska USA Civil Inc.
Richard ‘Chip’ Davis, President of Sibley Memorial Hospital
Gerry Widdicombe, Director of Economic Development at the DowntownDC BID
Joanna Blotner, DC Paid Family and Medical Leave Program Campaign Manager – Jews United for Justice
Andrew Washington, Labor Unions and Worker Advocate Organizations
Victoria Leonard, Laborers' International Union of North America and founding board member of DC Working Families
WHEN:
Today at 6:30 pm
WHERE:
Old Council Chambers
441 4th Street, NW
*Closest Metro: Judiciary Square Metro Station*
Press interested in attending the event are asked to RSVP to [email protected].