To: Detroit Food and Retail chains like McDonald's, Burger King, KFC, Dollar Tree, Little Caesar's, and others.
Tell Food and Retail CEOs: Your Workers Shouldn't Have To Rely On Food Stamps
I stand with striking Detroit food and retail workers who are standing up to the enormous corporations they work for to make sure they get a simple message: Workers should be paid a fair wage that lets them make ends meet.
It's time to give every worker everywhere a chance to survive and thrive. Paying food and retail workers a living wage will not only do that – it will also improve our economy and create jobs when folks have money to buy the goods and services they need.
It's time to give every worker everywhere a chance to survive and thrive. Paying food and retail workers a living wage will not only do that – it will also improve our economy and create jobs when folks have money to buy the goods and services they need.
Why is this important?
I walked off my job at McDonald's this morning because I can’t survive on the poverty wages I make.
And I’m not alone. Together we're launching the D15 campaign – for workers, for families, and for Detroit – and standing up to the enormous corporations we work for to make sure they get a simple message: Workers like us should be paid a fair wage that lets us make ends meet.
Most of us make $7.40 an hour – or just barely more. That means our average salary is less than $19,000 per year, which just isn’t enough to cover basic needs like rent, food, health care, transportation, and often times a family to support. A lot of us are forced to rely on public assistance to make ends meet.
It’s downright shameful that someone who works full time is forced to rely on public assistance because their employers aren’t paying them enough. Paying fast food workers a livable wage will not only help us support our families, but it will also help strengthen Detroit's entire economy. When we’re paid a fair wage, we’ll have money to buy the everyday items we need, keeping the money in our community and making our neighborhoods safer.
I've had it with food and retail chains who are not paying workers in Detroit enough to survive. I’m outraged that full-time workers can’t afford rent, food, transportation, or health care.
I believe that, here in America, everyone who works hard should be able to afford basic necessities like groceries, rent, and transportation for themselves and their families. I stand with Detroit’s food and retail workers in demanding they get the respect, and living wage, they deserve.
And I’m not alone. Together we're launching the D15 campaign – for workers, for families, and for Detroit – and standing up to the enormous corporations we work for to make sure they get a simple message: Workers like us should be paid a fair wage that lets us make ends meet.
Most of us make $7.40 an hour – or just barely more. That means our average salary is less than $19,000 per year, which just isn’t enough to cover basic needs like rent, food, health care, transportation, and often times a family to support. A lot of us are forced to rely on public assistance to make ends meet.
It’s downright shameful that someone who works full time is forced to rely on public assistance because their employers aren’t paying them enough. Paying fast food workers a livable wage will not only help us support our families, but it will also help strengthen Detroit's entire economy. When we’re paid a fair wage, we’ll have money to buy the everyday items we need, keeping the money in our community and making our neighborhoods safer.
I've had it with food and retail chains who are not paying workers in Detroit enough to survive. I’m outraged that full-time workers can’t afford rent, food, transportation, or health care.
I believe that, here in America, everyone who works hard should be able to afford basic necessities like groceries, rent, and transportation for themselves and their families. I stand with Detroit’s food and retail workers in demanding they get the respect, and living wage, they deserve.