Today’s Action: Pass the Raise the Wage Act!
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Today’s Action: Pass the Raise the Wage Act!
It’s been 12 years since the last minimum wage increase, while the cost of living continues to increase. Since 1978, the average worker has seen their pay go up by 12% while CEO salaries have increased a massive 940%. Meanwhile, taxes for the wealthy have plummeted, corporate profits have soared, and income inequality has shattered records.
It is unconscionable for people to work full-time in the richest country in the history of the world and be forced to live in poverty. The Raise the Wage Act would ensure that by 2025, the legal minimum wage across the nation is no less than $15 — which is a good start, and a potential lifeline for struggling workers across the Nation.
Call or email your members of Congress and tell them to support the Raise the Wage Act. If they’ve already co-sponsored, tell them thank you and to keep fighting for a federally mandated liveable wage!
Corporations and Republican politicians would have you believe this is an economic necessity rather than pure greed. Look at Chipotle, which took the important step of paying all its workers at least $15 per hour, only to raise prices and blame the increase on the higher salaries of its lowest paid workers — ignoring the fact that it simultaneously increased its CEO salary by $24 million. And in the two years since, Chipotle stock has more than doubled.
So yes, corporations can afford to raise the minimum wage, and America cannot afford to wait.
Call or email your members of Congress and tell them our communities need the Raise the Wage Act. If they’ve already co-sponsored, tell them thank you — and remind them that millions of Americans are depending on them to get this done.
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