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A job should keep you out of poverty, not keep you in it.
The U.S. House will vote on raising the minimum wage on January 10. Be a part of this long-overdue step towards justice. Be a voice for a new direction for Congress.
On Tuesday, Jan. 9, join with Interfaith Worker Justice and Let Justice Roll to tell the House to vote for a clean increase in the minimum wage.
Use this toll-free number: 1-800-459-1887
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on January 10 on a bill to raise the minimum wage from $5.15 an hour to $7.25 by 2009. Help us generate thousands of calls in support. Don't allow special interests to load up a modest minimum-wage increase with billions in unnecessary tax breaks.§
This is no time for silence! As a person of faith and conscience, please call your Representative January 9.
Step 1: Call 1-800-459-1887, toll-free, to be connected to the U.S. Capitol Switchboard.
Step 2: Ask to be connected to your Representative's office. (If you don't know your Representative's name, click here.)
Step 3: Tell the staffer who answers the phone:
Hi, my name is _______ I'm a constituent. Please tell Rep. _______ to vote for H.R. 2, the bill to increase the minimum wage for the first time in 10 years. It's the most basic justice and long overdue. Please pass a clean bill, with no tax breaks for business and no changes that hurt worker rights. Will Rep. _______ vote in favor of H.R. 2?
§ President Bush has already said he wants Congress to attach business tax breaks and regulatory "relief" to the minimum wage increase (see Washington Post, "Bush Supports Democrats' Minimum Wage Hike Plan," Dec. 21, 2006). Your call will tell Congress that enough is enough. Congress has ignored the needs of minimum wage workers for 10 years. Workers need a clean increase now.
Interfaith Worker Justice calls upon our religious values in order to educate, organize, and mobilize the religious community in the U.S. on issues and campaigns that will improve wages, benefits and working conditions for workers, especially workers in low-wage jobs.
Interfaith Worker Justice relies on contributions to support its work. Your tax-deductible gift will be strategically used to further justice for workers throughout the United States.
Thank you and Blessings,
Kim Bobo
Executive Director
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