John,
The American people voted for jobs and care last year. This year, they're expecting Democrats to use their mandate and get it done.
But the Senate parliamentarian — an unelected position — just said that the $15 minimum wage should be removed from President Biden's COVID relief package.
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris campaigned on $15 and won a mandate to deliver on it. It has massive support in poll after poll. Progressives in the House worked tirelessly with Democratic leadership to include $15 in the COVID relief bill. And working families across the country are counting on Democrats to get it done, now.
Will you sign our emergency petition demanding that the Senate Democratic majority we elected do whatever it takes to pass a national, $15 minimum wage immediately?
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We need Congress to pass a full jobs and care agenda to get us out of the crises we're living through, and that moves us closer to a nation that cares for all of us. That must include a $15 minimum wage.
A $15 minimum wage is crucial to lifting millions out of poverty. It is also one of the best ways we can honor the millions of essential workers who have risked their lives to care for all of us throughout the last year.
Working people don't care about arcane Senate procedure, and they shouldn't. They elected this president and gave the Democratic party majorities in both the House and the Senate so that they could deliver results.
We need to make it clear to all of them that that's exactly what we expect to see.
We have to do everything we can right now to get the kind of relief Democrats campaigned on directly to working families. That includes a $15 federal minimum wage, now.
Working families can't wait. Add your name to our petition demanding that Senate Democrats do whatever it takes to pass a $15 minimum wage.
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In solidarity,
Team WFP
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