Friend,

Working a minimum wage job and trying to find a place to live? You can’t.

A new CNBC study showed that not a single state has a minimum wage that
can provide for a minimum standard of living in that state.(1)

Twenty states still use the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour,
leaving millions of people in abject poverty despite working full time.(2)
We need Congress to take the first step in achieving a living wage for
everyone and pass the $15 an hour minimum wage now.

[ [link removed] ]Workers don’t deserve to live in poverty. Tell your members of
Congress: Raise the minimum wage to at least $15 an hour now!

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Even in South Dakota, the cheapest state in the country, to achieve a
minimum standard of living at $15.15 an hour, employers have to pay their
employees only $10.(3)

And “minimum standard of living” is not luxurious -- just food, shelter,
and transportation.

Poverty wages harm women and people of color the most. According to the
Bureau of Labor Statistics, nearly two-thirds of workers earning at or
near the federal minimum wage are women, and disproportionately Black and
Latina women.

The $15 minimum wage would benefit us all: With 32 million workers seeing
a wage increase, it would boost our economy and lift millions out of
poverty.

Congress has a bill ready to raise the minimum wage. Courage California
and its coalition are gathering millions of signatures to get it passed.

[ [link removed] ]Tell Congress to pass the minimum wage now!

[ [link removed] ]SUPPORT THIS CAMPAIGN

Yours in the fight for tax fairness,

Irene, along with Annie, Angela, Isidra, Lindsay, Mai, Mai, and Scottie
(and the rest of the Courage team)

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Courage California (formerly Courage Campaign) makes sure our democracy works for ALL of us by fighting corruption in California politics. We believe the solution lies in exposing and solving systemic problems through strategic organizing, enhancing coordination between progressive organizations, and mobilizing civic engagement from our communities, particularly voters of color, young voters, and self-identified progressives.

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