Fwd: Big minimum wage win! Here's why it makes so much sense

[Claire N. Dale]

 This has a lot of good information for answering critics.

 

Claire

 

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From: "Robert Reich via MoveOn.org Civic Action"
Date: May 7, 2015 2:04:36 PM
Subject: Big minimum wage win! Here's why it makes so much sense
To: "Claire N. Dale" <clair...@verizon.net>
 

We're kicking off a series of ideas to save our economy. Join us!

Dear fellow MoveOn member,

The fight for a $15 minimum wage just scored a game-changing victory! Yesterday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a plan to raise the wages of fast-food workers across his state.¹

This movement is building critical momentum, because no one who works full time should live in poverty.

I recorded a brief video explaining why a $15-per-hour minimum wage makes so much sense. It's the first in my new video series with MoveOn—and it couldn't be more timely.

Please watch and share now: 

Over the next few weeks, MoveOn and I will bring you more commonsense ideas that could make our economy work for everyone. We'll be relying on you to tell us which ideas you like most by sharing them with your friends and family.

And MoveOn will launch full-blown campaigns—in solidarity with our allies—on the ideas that get the most traction, so make sure to watch and vote—by sharing!

Right now, we're in the middle of a great debate over the future direction of our country. By sharing "Fight for $15" and the rest of the Big Picture videos, you're not only spreading powerful ideas, you're sharing solid intro-primers to the complicated economic issues facing our country, making it simple and easy for everyone—not just political junkies and economists—to get involved.

We don't have Big Media in our corner—so we'll rely on people-powered media to spread our vision for the country. That means you, watching and hitting "Share" on "Fight for $15" right now and helping us get it in front of millions of viewers.

Thanks!

–Robert Reich

 P.S. Cheers to the many tens of thousands of MoveOn members who are active in the Fight for $15 movement—whether you've signed a petition or attended an event in your local community. I salute you!

Source:

1. "Andrew M. Cuomo: Fast-Food Workers Deserve a Raise," The New York Times, May 6, 2015
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=304323&id=114909-17487746-NmZpWhx&t=5

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