To: NJ Senate President Steve Sweeney & NJ Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto
Chris Christie vetoed $15, but we can take it to the people!
NJ voters should decide on the minimum wage, not Chris Christie. Pass the $15 minimum wage resolution so it'll be on the ballot in 2017 for voters to decide!
Why is this important?
On August 30th, NJ Gov. Chris Christie vetoed a bill that would have changed the lives of nearly 1 million people by gradually raising the minimum wage to $15 by 2021.
Thousands of these workers are parents who are working full-time and still can't bring home enough to take care of their children. And it's back-to-school time to boot—how can they possibly afford food, clothes, AND the school supplies needed to make sure their kids succeed on $17,430 a year?
This bill has the support of 73% of of New Jersey voters and would have given a raise to 1 in 4 Jersey workers. The legislature approved it. But Chris Christie is ignoring the will of the people by vetoing it.
Here's the good news. We can go around Christie. The NJ State Legislature can pass a resolution to bring the decision to the people by putting it on the ballot in 2017. Let's let the voters decide! Sign our petition to the leaders of the NJ State Legislature to bring a $15 minimum wage to the ballot box.
Thousands of these workers are parents who are working full-time and still can't bring home enough to take care of their children. And it's back-to-school time to boot—how can they possibly afford food, clothes, AND the school supplies needed to make sure their kids succeed on $17,430 a year?
This bill has the support of 73% of of New Jersey voters and would have given a raise to 1 in 4 Jersey workers. The legislature approved it. But Chris Christie is ignoring the will of the people by vetoing it.
Here's the good news. We can go around Christie. The NJ State Legislature can pass a resolution to bring the decision to the people by putting it on the ballot in 2017. Let's let the voters decide! Sign our petition to the leaders of the NJ State Legislature to bring a $15 minimum wage to the ballot box.