Team -- No one working 40 hours a week should be living below the poverty line. America is one of the wealthiest nations in the world, and yet our minimum wage has not risen to reflect the cost of living in the United States. Wage work has a long history within New York’s 9th District, and we believe that everyone has a right to a fair and living wage. 

So, if you stand with us, sign on and demand that Congress raise the national minimum wage to $15 an hour.

Yvette knows that $7.25 an hour is NOT enough to live on, especially when the average rent in Brooklyn can easily exceed $2,000 a month. With Democrats in control of the House and the Senate and a Biden Administration who prioritizes building back better, we have a chance to lift thousands of people out of the cycle of poverty. 

Multi-billion dollar corporations have been growing their wealth at the expense of ordinary wage workers for years. It’s time that Congress holds them accountable and raises the minimum wage. There is dignity in all work and wage workers everywhere deserve better. 

A livable minimum wage means more dollars in your pocket and a better economy for all of us. Friend, will you sign our petition and demand that Congress raise the minimum wage?

Thanks,

-- Team Clarke