The Brandeis Labor Coalition has gained enough signatures from the Student Union Senate to send its Just Employment Policy Referendum to the student body, according to an email sent to the community yesterday by former Student Union vice president Charlotte Franco ’15.

“In keeping with Brandeis’ mission of social justice, we believe that all people deserve a good job, a voice in their workplace, and freedom from all forms of economic exploitation,” the referendum begins.

“Brandeis University must set a better example in its everyday conduct by taking steps to ensure that all workers have just and dignified employment,” it continues.

The referendum lists seven demands of the University, which will “ensure that all workers have just and dignified employment,” according to the email.

One of the demands is to implement a living wage policy for all staff, “as calculated by the Crittenton Women’s Union’s Economic Independence Calculator.”

In addition to this demand, the referendum calls to “index living wages annually to keep pace with rising cost of living.”

Other demands of the referrendum include ensuring that “staff members have a safe and harassment-free work environment,” and, “[that the University] create mechanisms to ensure that they are protected from retaliation should they wish to report co-workers, managers, or anyone else with whom they work.”

Additionally, the referendum called for “the rights of employees to vote for or against union representation without intimidation, unjust pressure, undue delay or hindrance in accordance with applicable law.”

Likewise, the referendum demanded the University “provide appropriate grievance procedures where staff’s concerns are addressed in a timely manner and complied with, as well as create mechanisms to ensure that workers are protected from retaliation should they choose to report a grievance,” according to the email.

The referendum also demanded the creation of a feedback channel to track the progress of the policy.

The plan calls for the University to “create oversight infrastructure inclusive of faculty, staff, and students, to ensure that the aforementioned proposals are properly implemented, maintained, and evaluated on an annual basis,” the email said.

The referendum also called for an annual report to be published that would be based off the findings of the infrastructure.

Before a vote of the student body can take place, students may submit arguments for or against the referendum up until midnight on Thursday.

These arguments will then be sent out with the ballot, according to the email.

“This vote will be used to gauge student response to a Just Employment Policy and will dictate how BLC›s work on this project will continue,” Franco said in the email.

“Please take the time to read the policy and get educated on the issue,” Franco’s email concluded.