Paying the minimum wage is a cost of doing business like any other, not an extra add-on to be counted separately.
workingwa.org Tell them if you’ve seen it on any of your bills
But some businesses have recently added small 1% – 5% “minimum wage” surcharges to their bills in what seems to be an attempt to send a political message about their opposition to raising the wage.
If there’s no line item for the electrical bill and no napkin-laundering charge called out, then there’s no good reason to tack on an extra 2% and attribute it to the minimum wage — unless you’re trying to send a political message.
“We’ve made the first big step towards being fossil fuel-free – the government should learn from us.”
– Juan Carlos Ruiz, Sápara community leader
We have long worked to advance the rights of indigenous peoples and support their efforts to defend their lives, land, and culture.
Now, thanks to a partnership with Empowered by Light, we are also able to respond to the call from our indigenous community partners for greater independence from fossil fuels, inter-community organizing capacity, ability to communicate with the outside world, and monitoring mechanisms. These tools are key as they endeavor to implement their own forms of sustainable development, community visions, and territorial and cultural defense throughout the Amazon.
This is a new, important direction for Amazon Watch and our partners, and one you’ll be hearing more about in the future.
Draw political district maps that are fair and open, avoids racial or partisan gerrymandering!
Why is this important?
North Carolina has a long history of lawmakers drawing voting districts in ways that weaken the political power of voters, especially Black voters. Drawing bad districts can disenfranchise voters, just like the Jim Crow poll tax and North Carolina’s recent election changes that a court said “target African Americans with almost surgical precision.”
The current NC General Assembly districts were drawn to pack Black voters into a small number of districts and also separate them from progressive whites to prevent “fusion” coalitions from winning more seats in the legislature. A growing coalition is fighting back, just as we are fighting against North Carolina’s voter suppression laws.
Right now, Black legislators and their allies have introduced multiple bills in the NC General Assembly that would reform the redistricting process. The bills complement the litigation and grassroots organizing for fair districts. We must support this effort to make sure voters can pick their political representatives, not the other way around.
We urge the NC General Assembly to adopt a redistricting process that:
-Abides by the federal Voting Rights Act and avoids racial or partisan bias;
-Provides for deep involvement from local communities to ensure that all voices are respected.
-Uses best practices from across the nation to draw district maps that reflect NC’s diverse population.
By following these principles, North Carolina lawmakers can protect our voting rights, ensure that Black voters are fairly represented, and create a state that values all voices.
An amendment to the United States Constitution guaranteeing the rights of free expression and action that are fundamental to democratic government. These rights include freedom of assembly, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, and freedom of speech.
Hate speech should not ever be covered … hate generates negative action that can not only hurt but creates an environment for violence possibly death! ~ Nativegrl77
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