It’s time to raise the minimum wage!
Despite being the richest country in the world, we now have 37 million Americans, including 13 million children, living in poverty. In fact, the poverty rate for full-time, year round workers has increased 50% since the late 1970’s. And, while CEO-pay soars to obscene levels, the minimum wage for America’s workers has fallen to a 50-year low.
It’s outrageous.
But, while the American public overwhelmingly supports raising the minimum wage, big corporations, like Wal-Mart, through its industry lobbyists and right-wing politicians are standing in the way.
That ends today! It’s time to take our country back from billion dollar corporations, like Wal-Mart, and fight for the American people.
Please sign our petition calling on the U.S. Congress to raise the minimum wage:
http://www.wakeupwalmart.com/feature/minwage/petition.htmlUnfortunately, under President Bush and the Republican Party, Wal-Mart and big corporations have been able to use our government to line their own pockets at the expense of the American people.
Rather than stand up for America, Wal-Mart uses its influence to ship our jobs overseas, not provide company health care to more than half of its employees, and pay poverty-level wages. We cannot allow Wal-Mart and corporate America to take our country in the wrong direction.
It’s time to stand up for America’s workers and raise the minimum wage.
Please sign our petition calling on the U.S. Congress to raise the minimum wage:
http://www.wakeupwalmart.com/feature/minwage/petition.htmlAs you know, our campaign is not just a fight to change Wal-Mart; it is a fight for what kind of America we want to live in. Raising the minimum wage to $7.25 per hour will benefit 15 million Americans, including 9 million women and 6 million people of color.
Only you have the power to take back America and give America’s workers a raise.
Please take action today,
Paul Blank
WakeUpWalMart.com
P.S. Please send this email to at least 5 friends and ask them to join you in our fight to raise the minimum wage.