Want an example of a rigged system?
Obscure clauses in contracts between corporate franchise chains and the individual franchise owners were
illegally driving down wages of millions of franchise employees.
These illegal clauses stopped employees from moving between stores within the franchise. For example, an employee at McDonald's wouldn’t be eligible for a job at another McDonald's offering higher pay. Workers never even knew about or saw these clauses that were reducing their mobility and restricting their opportunities for salary increases.
My office set out to eliminate the use of these illegal clauses in Washington state. We succeeded — and we didn't stop there. My antitrust team single-handedly compelled 237 corporate franchise chains, ranging from McDonald's to Jiffy Lube, to eliminate the use of these illegal 'no-poach' clauses nationwide.
The result? Billions of dollars in increased wealth for low-wage workers.
If you support this important work on behalf of workers across the country, will you make a contribution to my campaign, so we can keep up the fight?
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A group of economists produced a research paper on the impact of our Initiative. They looked at corporate franchisors that entered into legally-enforceable agreements with my office to eliminate this practice and concluded that as a result,
workers at these corporations received on average a 3.3% pay increase.
That's real money. The study revealed that these workers, who are making an average of $31,567 per year, are receiving an average pay increase of $1,041.17.
I will continue fighting to improve income inequality by standing up for workers. Can you stand with me and make a contribution of $10 today?
I’ll keep up the fight on behalf of working families and stand up for the Middle Class against efforts to rig the system towards powerful interests.
Thank you,
Bob
