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that report sure doesn’t look like my life


We are Working Washington

 

There’s been a whole lot written about that ridiculous anti-minimum wage study that came out a few weeks ago, but here’s something you probably HAVEN’T seen: what workers have to say about it.

“I keep on seeing news about this report that says workers in Seattle are hurt by the $15 minimum wage. But I’m a worker in Seattle, I’m making $15 now — and that report sure doesn’t look like my life.”

– Crystal, Domino’s worker & Working Washington leader

Click here to read Crystal’s guest editorial in The Stranger about what the minimum wage increase has meant for her.

Thanks,
Working Washington

P.S. Want more background on how that anti-minimum wage study got things so wrong? Click here to learn more.

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stop bees from going EXTINCT!


According the the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, bees are in “a race against extinction.”[1]

The rusty patched bumblebee is now on the endangered species list.

This news stings — but it should send us all BUZZING into action. We MUST work together to save these incredible creatures.

Bees play a much-overlooked — but essential — role in our ecosystem.

These tiny creatures are responsible for pollinating our crops and supporting necessary plant growth for natural food chains.

Without them, our food supplies will dwindle and our ecosystems will fall apart. This is an important matter to all of us.

we need your help right away. Please add your name to help save bees facing extinction:

http://go.saveanimalsfacingextinction.org/Save-the-Bees

-SaveAnimalsFacingExtinction.org

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Joe Kennedy III … An act of malice

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Organizing for Action
Friend —

Mercy.

It is about how we care for the least among us — not how we treat the powerful.

It calls on us to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, and comfort the sick.

It is kindness. It is grace.

There is no mercy in a system that makes health care a luxury. There is no mercy in a country that turns its back on those that are most in need of protection: the elderly, the poor, the sick, and the suffering.

There is no mercy in a cold shoulder to the mentally ill.

There is no mercy in a policy that takes for granted the sweat, the tears, and the sacrifice that working Americans shed every day so that they might care for their families’ basic needs: food, shelter, health, and hope for tomorrow.

So when Speaker Ryan called his repeal bill “an act of mercy” last week, I knew I had to speak out.

It is an act of malice.

We, as Americans, are better than this. Every working family deserves better than this. And when millions of people have their access to health care put on the chopping block, we have to stand up to this.

Join OFA and show congressional leaders they must stop this catastrophic and merciless path toward destroying the very lifeline so many Americans depend upon.

Get involved in the fight now.

https://my.ofa.us/Get-Involved-Now

Thank you.

Congressman Joe Kennedy III
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Tai’s story could be my story


Brave New Films

I have a confession, when I was younger, I was with my best friend when she got caught stealing bathing suits from a department store.

We were lucky, the outcome of this event could have been drastically different. My friend got a slap on the wrist, I was not charged as an accomplice, and we both continued a normal life without a criminal record. But we all know this is not the case for so many other Americans caught up in the criminal justice system.

On July 16, 2016, Tai Sherman, a 20-year-old from Oakland California, found herself in a similar situation to me when she didn’t know her friend was shoplifting. The difference is that Tai and her friends were charged, and Tai was slapped with $100,000 bail. A year later Tai is still picking up the pieces of her life, collateral damage of an unfair and rigged system.

We are telling Tai’s story, and we need your help. Will you donate $10 so we can continue to tell this story? With every donation, big or small you will get a free link to the film we made about Tai when it is officially released next week.

Tai’s story is featured in a short film series, The Bail Trap, which was produced as part of a major campaign to end the unjust and ineffective system of money bail. Her story is a classic case in point of what is wrong with money bail and illustrates the racial and economic bias so rampant in our criminal justice system. With your support, we’ve already organized over 100 screenings of this film. Right now, we need resources to continue telling this story.

Please consider donating $10 right now. With every donation, big or small you will get a free link to the film we made about Tai when it is officially released next week.

Thank you for your support.

Kimber Kissel, Development Associate
BRAVE NEW FILMS 

P.S. Help us get to 150 Screenings of The Bail Trap. Click here to screen the film.

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