Fight for $15

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March in solidarity with workers everywhere!
Find a May Day action near you >> [[link removed]]

John,

In one of my last jobs, I sold vacuums door to door. We had to go into strangers' houses to show the equipment -- but our company didn't provide PPE or require customers to socially distance or wear masks.

Eventually, I caught COVID-19 and had to leave that job. Now I'm living in a hotel with my mother, working two jobs to support us until we can afford an apartment again.

Over and over again, we've been excluded and written out of the rules -- for being care workers, for being women of color, for being immigrants.

That changes now. Tomorrow, we're marching and speaking out to demand $15 an hour, union rights, and that Congress invest in care work and pass fair and humane immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship for 11 million undocumented essential workers.

TWO WAYS TO JOIN IN SOLIDARITY ON MAY DAY:

1. Find and join a May Day action near you! All over the country thousands of us are marching on May 1st to join in solidarity with working people everywhere. [[link removed]]

2. Tune in at 12pm ET tomorrow to our May Day Livestream! Learn the story of the history of May Day, and why the fight for immigrant rights is tied to the fight for dignity and respect for ALL workers. [[link removed]]

I'm 23, and I've already had too many jobs to count. I keep changing jobs to escape poverty wages, harassment, discrimination, exploitation, danger, and a lack of health care. Wherever I go, it doesn't seem to get better.

Immigrants are essential workers too. They keep our children's classrooms clean, stock grocery store aisles, take care of us when we're sick, and serve us through drive-through windows. They deserve to live free of the fear of deportation, to receive a living wage, and to have the right to form a union.

I stand in solidarity with immigrant workers because I know the system won't change without action. Will you join me? Attend a May Day action near you, [[link removed]] then tune in to our livestream at 12pm ET tomorrow to join in virtual solidarity with workers everywhere. [[link removed]]

Solidarity,

Eshawney Gaston
Smoothie King Worker
Durham, NC
Fight for $15 and a Union

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