To: The Virginia State House, The Virginia State Senate, and Governor Ralph Northam
Raise the Minimum Wage in Virginia!
Progress Virginia
This is America, where growth comes from the middle out, not the top down. People want to be working hard and earning a decent wage that can support a family. To do that we need to put more money in the pockets of hardworking Americans, not continue the failed "trickle down" policies of the last decade that lined the pockets of the rich and left most American families worse off.
A higher minimum wage gives working families more money to spend, which in turn gives our community businesses more customers. SB681, which will raise the minimum wage, will help our families and give our economy the shot in the arm it needs now by generating a total wage increase in Virginia of $1,126,776,000 and a GDP impact of $713,249,000.
We can renew the promise of the American dream to working families through eliminating the barriers of income inequality and getting to a minimum wage that ensures every family can make ends meet. You might not have been aware, but the majority of low-wage workers are over 25 years old and working full time. In fact, 368,000 full time workers would be affected by raising the wage. It would also lift the household income of over 300,000 children.
Anyone who shows up every day and works hard so their company can make a profit ought to make enough to pay their own bills. Please join me in supporting SB681.
A higher minimum wage gives working families more money to spend, which in turn gives our community businesses more customers. SB681, which will raise the minimum wage, will help our families and give our economy the shot in the arm it needs now by generating a total wage increase in Virginia of $1,126,776,000 and a GDP impact of $713,249,000.
We can renew the promise of the American dream to working families through eliminating the barriers of income inequality and getting to a minimum wage that ensures every family can make ends meet. You might not have been aware, but the majority of low-wage workers are over 25 years old and working full time. In fact, 368,000 full time workers would be affected by raising the wage. It would also lift the household income of over 300,000 children.
Anyone who shows up every day and works hard so their company can make a profit ought to make enough to pay their own bills. Please join me in supporting SB681.
Why is this important?
Anyone who works full time should be able to support a family, but this holiday season many in Virginia are struggling. The minimum wage is stuck at just $7.25 an hour. We're better than this and we need your help to fix it in 2015.
Senator Dave Marsden has introduced Senate Bill 681 to raise the minimum wage to $10.10. Can you help by writing a quick letter to the editor (LTE) to your newspaper in support of a living wage for all Virginia families? We've made a LTE tool, completely with talking points to help you easily submit your LTE.
Senator Dave Marsden has introduced Senate Bill 681 to raise the minimum wage to $10.10. Can you help by writing a quick letter to the editor (LTE) to your newspaper in support of a living wage for all Virginia families? We've made a LTE tool, completely with talking points to help you easily submit your LTE.