Where: Union Square, NYC When: Meet Up at 5PM More info: http://unitedny.org/ RSVP on Facebook Fight for better jobs, better wages, and the rights of all workers! Across New York, our livelihoods are under attack. After years of massive
July 24, 2012

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Where: Union Square, NYC
When: Meet Up at 5PM
More info: http://unitedny.org/
RSVP on Facebook

Fight for better jobs, better wages, and the rights of all workers!

Across New York, our livelihoods are under attack. After years of massive layoffs and high rates of unemployment, wages and benefits are being cut from what used to be middle class jobs. On top of that, workers are working longer hours without overtime pay, health insurance or any retirement benefits.

Meanwhile minimum wage jobs are the fastest growing sector in the state growing ten-fold over the past five years.

A minimum wage earner employed full time makes just of $15,000/ year. That’s hardly enough to get by in New York. And many low-wage workers have tips and wages stolen by employers, forcing them to survive on even less.

Full-time work shouldn’t keep you in poverty. It’s time for workers to band together and demand respect in our work places. It is time to tell our elected officials that New York needs a raise. It’s time for broader prosperity across the country.

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