To: Milwaukee Food and Retail chains like McDonald’s, TJ Maxx, Domino’s, GNC, and others.
Tell Food and Retail CEOs: Your Workers Shouldn't Have To Rely On Food Stamps
I stand with striking Milwaukee fast 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 fast 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 fast 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?
Fast food and retail workers in Milwaukee are striking. Together we're launching the Raise up MKE campaign 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 $7.25 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.
Fast food and retail outlets are the new factory floors, and like thousands of workers before us, we are organizing to demand better pay and conditions.
Paying fast food and retail workers a livable wage will not only help us support our families, but it will also help strengthen Milwaukee'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.
Here in America, everyone who works hard should be able to afford basic necessities like groceries, rent, and transportation for themselves and their families. Stand with Milwaukee's fast food and retail workers in demanding they get the respect -- and living wage -- they deserve.
Most of us make $7.25 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.
Fast food and retail outlets are the new factory floors, and like thousands of workers before us, we are organizing to demand better pay and conditions.
Paying fast food and retail workers a livable wage will not only help us support our families, but it will also help strengthen Milwaukee'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.
Here in America, everyone who works hard should be able to afford basic necessities like groceries, rent, and transportation for themselves and their families. Stand with Milwaukee's fast food and retail workers in demanding they get the respect -- and living wage -- they deserve.