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Dear Friend,
We have a wage shortage on our hands, across the nation.
Maybe you know this firsthand when you crunch numbers in your head to
budget for food and rent, or maybe you’ve noticed that many businesses are
having a difficult time finding, hiring and maintaining staff that can
afford to make the minimum wage.
(Spoiler alert: families can’t meet their basic needs on the current
federal minimum wage! The math just doesn’t add up. It stands at just
$7.25/hr, and for tipped workers, the sub-minimum wage for tipped workers
is an unconscionable $2.13/hr.)
[ [link removed] ]Friend: Click here to automatically add your name to the
official MomsRising letter urging Congress to act now on raising the
federal minimum wage and ending the harmful tipped minimum wage. *When you
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Congress and if your information is already in our system, you won’t even
have to fill out any forms.
The minimum wage hasn’t gone up in twelve years, but the cost of living
certainty has, and the value of the minimum wage has actually decreased
21% in value over those twelve years. [ [link removed] ] To afford a modest one-bedroom
at Fair Market Rent, someone earning the current federal minimum wage must
work 79 hours each week. [ [link removed] ] It’s undeniable that the minimum wage has
become a poverty wage instead of an anti-poverty wage.
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Dear Member of Congress: Working families truly cannot wait any longer for
a federal minimum wage increase. Please pass the Raise the Wage Act ASAP!
The minimum wage hasn’t gone up in twelve years, but the cost of living
certainty has, and the value of the minimum wage has actually decreased
21% in value over those twelve years. It’s undeniable that the minimum
wage has become a poverty wage instead of an anti-poverty wage. Raising
the minimum wage for moms and all working people will help us build a
widely shared recovery and more financially resilient families,
communities, and local economies. With more money in our pockets, we will
have dollars to spend and pour back into our consumer-fueled economy while
resourcing our kids with the things they need and deserve, like shoes that
fit or after-school snacks.
Raising the minimum wage would give over 30% of all working moms (nearly 8
million of us - the majority breadwinners!) a much needed raise. It would
also boost the economy and help businesses fill open positions. [4, 5]
It will be a game changer for families! And with more money in our
pockets, we will have dollars to spend and pour back into our
consumer-fueled economy while resourcing our kids with the things they
need and deserve, like shoes that fit or after-school snacks.
Contrary to the regularly spread myth about raising the minimum wage,
raising the federal minimum wage will increase the number of jobs
available and help businesses.
Studies show that cities, states, and employers that have already raised
their minimum wage to $15/hr or more have experienced either neutral or
POSITIVE impacts with job growth and revenue, while families were finally
able to afford the basics and stimulate the economy. [ [link removed] ] A total win-win.
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MomsRising letter calling on Congress to pass the Raise the Wage Act as
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be added to our letter to Congress and if your information is already in
our system, you won’t even have to fill out any forms.
Raising the minimum wage for moms and all working people will help us
build a widely shared recovery and more financially resilient families,
communities, and local economies.
Together, we can end poverty wages! [ [link removed] ]Don't forget to click here to
automatically sign our letter.
- Sara, Kristin, and the entire MomsRising/MamásConPoder team
PS – [5]Our stories matter! Do you currently make the minimum wage? Or did
you in the past few years? It’s impossible to afford even the basics on
$7.25 or $2.13/hr. What was it like to juggle your family budget on the
minimum wage? [ [link removed] ]Tell us here. We’ll share your story with lawmakers so
they can understand why it’s so critical that they raise the minimum wage!
References:
[1] [ [link removed] ]Economic Policy Institute: Raising the federal minimum wage to $15
by 2024 would lift the pay of 32 million workers
[2] [ [link removed] ]Economic Policy Institute: The minimum wage has lost 21% of its
value since Congress last raised the wage
[3] [ [link removed] ]National Low Income Housing Coalition: Out of Reach 2021
[4] [ [link removed] ]Economic Policy Institute: Congress could help nearly 8 million
working moms if it raised the federal minimum wage
[5] [ [link removed] ]Center for American Progress: Raising the Minimum Wage is Key to
Supporting Breadwinning Mothers Who Drive the Economy
[6] [ [link removed] ]Center for American Progress: Raising the Minimum Wage Would Boost
an Economic Recovery–And Reduce Taxpayer Subsidization of Low-Wage Work
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