[uua_l@uua.org: [UUA-L] UUA President Sinkford Calls for Living Wage]
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Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:30:31 -0500
Thread-Topic: UUA President Sinkford Calls for Living Wage
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On Sunday, January 25, 2009 Unitarian Universalist Association President
William G. Sinkford delivered a living wage sermon as part of the UUA
Action of the Month on Living Wages
(http://www.uua.org/socialjustice/actioncenter/122104.shtml ) and the
national Let Justice Roll Living Wage Days
(http://www.letjusticeroll.org/livingwagedays.html) at the Unitarian
Universalist Church of Nashua New Hampshire. Sinkford chose the Nashua
congregation to recognize their work in helping to achieve the last
federal minimum wage increase, raising New Hampshire's minimum wage
above the federal level, and supporting low-wage workers and their
families.
The Unitarian Universalist Association and the Unitarian Universalist
Service Committee (UUSC) are members of the interfaith Let Justice Roll
Living Wage Campaign, (http://www.letjusticeroll.org/) a nonpartisan
coalition of more than 90 faith, community, labor and business
organizations. This campaign, launched the "$10 in 10" campaign to raise
the federal minimum wage to $10 an hour in 2010.
You can read about the Nashua service and work; and read and listen to
Rev. Sinkford's sermon at
http://www.uua.org/congregationallife/justicediversity/128604.shtml.
Learn about the services and activities of UU congregations across the
country at
http://www.uua.org/congregationallife/justicediversity/128155.shtml.
If you haven't already, you can still be part of the '$10 in 10'
Campaign:
1. Hold a Living Wage Worship Service or Community Event (see
http://www.letjusticeroll.org/livingwagedays.html for information)
2. Sign Up for Living Wage Days
(http://www.letjusticeroll.org/livingwage-signup.html )
3. Sign & Gather Signatures for Faith Leaders
(http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2139/t/4561/signUp.jsp?key=3526 ),
the General Public
(http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2139/t/4561/signUp.jsp?key=3525 )
and the Business Leaders' Letter to Congress for Delivery to the New
Congress in 2009 (http://www.businessforafairminimumwage.org/ ). You
can read the Letter to Congress at
http://www.letjusticeroll.org/faithletter.html
<https://mailuua.uua.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.letjustice
roll.org/faithletter.html> .
4. Make sure your congregation is paying all employees at least $10
per hour or plans to be the end of 2010
5. See UUA & UUSC (http://www.uusc.org/10in2010) congregational
resources--videos, youth activities, issue briefs, talking points and
reports and more at the Living Wage January Action of the Month page
(http://www.uua.org/socialjustice/actioncenter/122104.shtml ).
Please join us!
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