[Peace-discuss] Fw: Fight for 15 tomorrow

[Ricky Baldwin]

Living Wages and a Fair Workplace in the Food ServicesDenzel Baldwin (Fight for 15)

Friday, March 13 at 12 NoonLatzer Hall, University YMCA1001 S. Wright St., Champaign
About Fight For 15: Fast food workers are coming together all over the country to fight for $15 an hour and the right to form a union without retaliation. We work for corporations that are making tremendous profits, but do not pay employees enough to support our families and to cover basic needs like food, health care, rent and transportation. Too many of us are forced to rely on public assistance to scrape by. These are billion-dollar companies that can afford to pay their employees better. Low-wage jobs are the fastest growing jobs in the nation, and they need to pay more so that workers like us can make ends meet, and rebuild the middle class and get the economy working again. About the Speaker: Prominent activist Denzel Baldwin is a fast food striker and worker organizing in the fight for a $15-an-hour minimum wage. Mr. Baldwin is the organizer and spokesperson for the Rockford, Illinois Fight for 15. 
All lectures are on Fridays at 12:00pm in Latzer Hall of the University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign, IL. Friday Forum is a weekly lecture series held during the fall and spring semesters that strives to raise awareness about national and international trends and events. All lectures are free and open to the public.  The views expressed by the speakers do not necessarily reflect the views of the University YMCA, co-sponsors, or the Friday Forum committee. A sign language interpreter is available with a 72 hours notice (contact Carol Nunn at 217-337-1500). All forums are radio broadcast at 6:00 p.m. on WEFT 90.1 the Monday following the lecture. Urbana Public Television also provides recordings of past Friday Forum lectures on their YouTube channel.  universityymca.org/friday_forum
Sponsors: The Center for Advance Study, Channing-Murray Foundation, The Chapel of Saint John the Divine Episcopal Church, C-U AAUW, Eastern Illinois Foodbank, First Mennonite Church, Common Ground Food Coop, Naomi and Eric Jakobsson, Mary Kruse, LGBT Resource Center, McKinley Presbyterian Church and Foundation, Prairie Rivers Network, Saint Matthew Lutheran Church/Sola Gratia Farm, Social Action Committee of the Unitarian-Universalist Chuch of Urbana-Champaign, Urbana- Champaign Friends Meeting, Wesley United Methodist Church, Wesley Foundation at the University of Illinois, YWCA of the University of Illinois
Ann Rasmus
Associate Director
Art @ the Y, Faith & Justice
University YMCA
(217)337-1514
ann at universityymca.org


   
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