Dear MoveOn member,

As more and more cities and states close businesses and ask residents to
remain home to help slow the spread of the coronavirus, millions of us
have suddenly found ourselves out of work, with little to no savings or
ability to pay our bills.

These quarantine efforts to "flatten the curve" of the outbreak are
urgently needed to save lives, but so many Americans are now in need of
some extra help. Congress is passing some measures, but it still isn't
enough. And for workers whose jobs are the most vulnerable, we need to
take extra steps to help our communities.

Some of the workers hardest hit by these quarantine measures are
restaurant workers, gig workers (including Uber and Lyft drivers), and
other tipped service workers, most of whom are paid below minimum wage and
rely on tips from customers to make ends meet.

[ [link removed] ]One Fair Wage has set up an emergency fund to provide
no-strings-attached cash assistance to tipped restaurant workers, delivery
drivers, personal service workers, and others affected by the coronavirus
pandemic and the economic downturn. John, can you make a
tax-deductible donation of $3 to the emergency fund now?
One-hundred percent of your donation will go directly to One Fair Wage.

One Fair Wage is a nonprofit organization that was established after
September 11, 2001, to provide relief for the thousands of New York City
restaurant workers who lost their jobs after the tragedy, and over the
last 20 years, it has grown to be a powerful voice for restaurant workers
across the country.

More recently, One Fair Wage has been fighting to end laws in America that
allow employers to pay tipped workers as little as $2.13 an hour in
federal minimum wage. You read that right: Workers in most states that
receive tips can be legally paid just $2.13 an hour, because of the
assumption that tips will make up the difference. But often that isn't the
case.

And now many of these and other service workers—the largest workforce in
our nation and the largest workforce of women of color—have lost their
jobs, while some have become frontline workers delivering food and
supplies, putting them at risk to contract the coronavirus.

Restaurant workers, service workers, and gig workers do critical,
essential jobs that allow the rest of our nation to cook, eat, and get
around. In this moment of crisis, we cannot allow them to fall through the
cracks.

[ [link removed] ]John, please join MoveOn and make a tax-deductible donation
of $3 now to One Fair Wage's emergency fund to provide cash
assistance to tipped restaurant workers, delivery drivers, personal
service workers, and others affected by the coronavirus crisis.
One-hundred percent of your donation will go directly to One Fair Wage.

As we all grapple with the new reality we are living in because of this
crisis, it's easy to wish that things would go back to normal.

But rather than hoping for that old normal, it is up to us to take lessons
from this crisis and build a better world as we move into the future.

We now know just how essential the workers who stock shelves and bag
groceries are to our ability to survive.

We know how brave the workers are who continue to make and deliver food,
even though they know doing so puts them at risk.

And we know that all of these workers deserve not just short-term
protections, but a fair, living wage to allow them to care for their
families and thrive as we move forward.

MoveOn will continue to fight for that future, and we know that you will
be standing with us.

[ [link removed] ]Join us in this moment to make a tax-deductible donation
of $3 to support the workers hardest hit in this crisis.

Thanks for all you do.

–Emma, Erik, Pulin, Oscar, and the rest of the team


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