This week’s edition of the Whiteboard lifted up leaders who are speaking truth to power for the rights of workers.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

Hi John, we hope that you had a restful Labor Day.

This past month, we’ve started something new: We call it the Whiteboard. It’s our chance to lift up leaders across the progressive space and Truth to Power’s endorsed candidates. This week, we’re shining a light on folks who are speaking truth to power on the rights of workers.

We could use your support to keep it going. If you want to contribute to Truth to Power’s upcoming slate of endorsed candidates, you can do so here. If you’d like to read more from our leaders—read on!

While Labor Day may now be behind us, the fight for workers continues every day. We’ll continue to support and lift up candidates that are committed to working families and economic justice. As far as we’re concerned, there is no other way.

Thank you, John!

Onward,

The Whiteboard at Truth to Power

-----Forwarded message-----

From: The Whiteboard at Truth to Power
Date: Mon, Sep 6, 2021
Subject: What our Whiteboard says on Labor Day
To: John, [[email protected]]

John,

Welcome back to The Whiteboard, John, and happy Labor Day.

Today, we’re celebrating workers and the labor unions who stand beside them, and honoring the elected officials continuing the fight for better wages, better working conditions, and a government that works for working families, not special interests.

Many of those leaders are Truth to Power alumni.

Leaders like Rep. Katie Porter, who created Truth to Power to be an organization dedicated to fighting for working people—not huge corporations and lobbyists.  

	Katie Porter  @katieporteroc
	I don't know who needs to hear this but: starting a GoFundMe because you're unwilling to pay your workers what they deserve or do things well-within your power to help consumers in need is not charitable. It's cheap.

And Jamaal Bowman, one of the Representatives who led the fight to pass the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act in the House—and continues to push for its passage in the Senate. 

	Jamaal Bowman  @JamaalBowmanNY
	Black workers are paid 13.7% more when belonging to a union. Latino workers are paid 20.1% more when belonging to a union.. Women are paid 5.8% more when belonging to a union. We need the Senate to #PassTheProAct and bring us closer to pay equity. Is your Senator on board?

It includes leaders like Cori Bush, Congress Member from Missouri, who has led the fight to raise the minimum wage and ensure every worker is paid not just a living wage—but a just wage.

	Cori Bush  @CoriBush
	Starvation wages forced me to live in my car with my two babies. Starvation wages left me making decisions between keeping the lights on and food on the table. Stop blaming unemployment benefits for worker shortages and start paying people a livable wage.

More than 125 years after Labor Day became a federal holiday, there’s still so much work to be done to ensure protections for workers all across the country: Right now, income inequality is worse than ever before, and the federal minimum wage remains at just $7.25 per hour. We need unions and strong worker protections, not just today but every day.

Truth to Power endorsed candidates are standing in solidarity with workers across the country—chip in now to help us keep them fighting for working people.

Thank you for standing with us.

—The Whiteboard