[Livingwage] Fwd: Fight for a Living Wage

[Belden Fields]

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> From: "Paul Blank, WakeUpWalMart.com" <info at wakeupwalmart.com>
> Date: September 13, 2006 1:05:00 PM CDT
> To: a-fields at uiuc.edu
> Subject: Fight for a Living Wage
> Reply-To: info at wakeupwalmart.com
>
> 	
> 	 Dear Belden,
> We have a serious problem in America when big, powerful  
> corporations like Wal-Mart oppose a living wage for working  
> families and our politicians, despite overwhelming public support,  
> lack the political conviction to stand up and fight for the  
> American people.
>
> Yesterday, in the city of Chicago, Mayor Richard Daley vetoed  
> landmark legislation which would have required rich corporations  
> like Wal-Mart, with billions of dollars in profits, to pay a living  
> wage and provide affordable health care benefits to their  
> employees. Evidently, only Wal-Mart and Mayor Daley think it is  
> okay for big corporations to make obscene profits while their  
> workers get paid poverty-level wages and cannot afford health  
> insurance.
>
> But, while Wal-Mart vetoed working families in Chicago, the fight  
> for a living wage in America is only just beginning.
>
> We need your help. Starting today, we need to build a list of  
> Americans who are willing to fight for living wages so we can  
> present this to local elected officials and introduce living wage  
> laws all across America.
>
> Please sign our petition today and join the fight for a living wage:
>
> http://wakeupwalmart.com/feature/chicago
>
> Just last month, the Bureau of Labor statistics revealed that while  
> worker productivity increased and corporate profits soared, real  
> wages for working families stayed stagnant or even declined. Is  
> this the America we all believe in? No, we believe in an America  
> where corporations reflect the best of our values and live up to  
> their responsibilities as corporate citizens.
>
> So, we have a choice. We can sit back and allow big corporations  
> like Wal-Mart to divide our country into two America’s – a  
> permanent underclass and a very wealthy upper class – or we can  
> take our country back so we can have a living wage, economic  
> security, and health care for every single American.
>
> Help us introduce living wage laws all across America. Please sign  
> our living wage petition today.
>
> http://wakeupwalmart.com/feature/chicago
>
> We have the power to create a new direction for America. But, it is  
> up to us to do it. The only way we can stop Wal-Mart and the  
> politicians who want to take America in the wrong direction is to  
> build a grassroots army of Americans dedicated to change.
>
> Think about all of the incredible things we have accomplished with  
> over 265,000 supporters. Now, imagine what we could do with 1  
> million or even 2 million Americans joining together, in common  
> purpose, to fight for a better America.
>
> Please make sure to help us grow our movement by sending this  
> message to at least 5 friends. The fight for a better America  
> begins with you.
>
> Thank you for helping us change Wal-Mart and change America for the  
> better,
>
> Paul Blank
> WakeUpWalMart.com
>
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