Muusja Mailing List: A job should keep you out of poverty, not keep you in it.

[Lauren Culbert (lculbert]

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
<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=261756916&url_num=1&url=
http://www.iwj.org/>  and Let Justice Roll
<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=261756916&url_num=2&url=
http://www.letjusticeroll.org/>  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
<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=261756916&url_num=3&url=
http://www.house.gov/writerep/> .)

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. 
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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
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http://www.iwj.org/actnow/actnow_give.html>  will be strategically used to
further justice for workers throughout the United States.

 

Thank you and Blessings,

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Kim Bobo
Executive Director

 

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