Pramila has been fighting since this pandemic started for recurring survival checks and she’s continued to lead the fight in Congress to raise the minimum wage to $15.
Other members of Congress have been waiting for their next $10,000 from the Walmart PAC and McDonald’s PAC — corporate PACs run by the very people who don’t want to see the federal minimum wage increased for the first time in 12 years. And now, some in Congress think we should listen to the advice of an unelected parliamentarian and remove the minimum wage increase from the COVID relief bill — instead of giving 27 million workers a long overdue raise.
Is it a surprise that we’ve waited years and years to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 when so many U.S. Representatives and Senators are taking money from the very corporations that don’t want our people-first policies enacted? Pramila doesn’t take a penny of corporate PAC money, so that she can advocate for the working people across this country who need higher wages, not for the executives at McDonald’s and WalMart who have gotten wealthier during this crisis.
Pramila has been fighting all year for a robust COVID relief package that includes an increase in the minimum wage to $15. The House will vote on the relief package today, and this is the bottom line for Pramila: Raising the wage to $15 must be in this bill.
Raising the wage is good, popular policy — just like Medicare for All and canceling student debt, other policies that Pramila leads on. One of the reasons she has to fight so hard for these policies is because of the corporate PAC donations that other members of Congress take in droves.
Pramila asks you for grassroots donations so she can be an unflinching advocate for policies that transform this country for working families. She knows we need to legislate for the 99% of the country, not health insurance CEOs and the heads of Walmart.
Thank you,
Team Jayapal