From Restaurant Opportunities Center United (https://rocunited.org/):
This is incredibly important.
Will you sign our petition in support of the Raise the Wage Act? Go to https://secure.everyaction.com/0rfSviir_kKGzBlXmUpaQA2 to sign now!
The Raise the Wage Act would dramatically improve the lives of working people in this country, mostly women and people of color who are employed in jobs that pay a wage too low to live on. These kinds of low-paying jobs affect their ability to provide for their children, afford bills and health care, and live with dignity and respect.
What would the Raise the Wage Act do?
- Raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2024.
- Gradually raise the subminimum wage for tipped workers to the full minimum wage, which has been frozen at $2.13 since 1991.
- Set automatic increases starting in 2021 to keep pace with rising wages overall (i.e., adjust the minimum wage to maintain a constant minimum wage–to–median wage ratio).
What we need you to do:
We are expecting Speaker Pelosi to bring the Raise the Wage Act to a House floor vote shortly after Congress comes back from the 4th of July recess. Next week, our coalition will be delivering a letter with your signatures to members of Congress to urge them to vote YES on this historic bill.
Sign the petition to let us know you support the Raise the Wage Act!
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