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Your waitress is underpaid


Below is an email from Saru Jayaraman of the Welcome Table, who created a petition on SignOn.org, the nonprofit site that allows anyone to start their own online petition. If you have concerns or feedback about this petition, click here.
Tell Congress: Restaurant workers deserve a fair minimum wage.signon
 
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Dear MoveOn member,

You probably know that when you order a meal in restaurant, the person who brings you the food is generally paid less than minimum wage. Tips are supposed to make up the difference.

Here’s the problem: Minimum wage for tipped employees is an appalling $2.13 an hour. And for millions of people who work in the restaurant industry, tips don’t come close to providing a living wage.

This is not a small problem. Almost one-third of food workers don’t have enough money to buy enough safe and nutritious food to meet their needs. The people who make and serve your food literally may be going hungry.

Next week, we’ll be at a press conference in Washington, D.C. with key members of Congress, launching a big push to raise the minimum wage for food workers and restaurant employees.

To win this campaign, it’s critical that we be able to walk on stage with momentum—that means tens of thousands of folks like you standing with us.

Sign the petition: Tell Congress to give food workers and restaurant employees a fair minimum wage.

We can do this, but not without grassroots support. That’s why I created a petition on SignOn.org to Congress, which says:

Raising the minimum wage for the benefit of 29 million low-wage workers would increase food costs at most by 10 cents a day for consumers.

As a consumer, I am willing to pay an extra dime a day for my food so that close to eight million food system workers and 21 million additional low-wage workers can receive a much-deserved raise to help them meet their basic needs.

I ask that you support the Miller-Harkin Fair Minimum Wage Act, which would raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $9.80/hour over the next 3 years and the tipped minimum wage from $2.13 to 70% of the regular minimum wage.

Click here to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to your friends.

Thanks!

–Saru Jayaraman

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Truth


We The PeopleSo you know we’re not here to blow sunshine up your nether regions. We’re not out to preach. Our only goal is to make sure everyone gets the unfiltered, unadulterated facts about tobacco. So every smoker and non-smoker can agree on one thing: they know what’s up.

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is talk cheap or Republicans


merycorp&valentineWe hear pundits, hosts and journalists ask if the talk is cheap, but it turns out republican talkers are and until you actually listen or read between the wall of words do you find out what exactly are Republicans at the local, state and federal level doing, saying or pushing… and it’s all about austerity, the privatization of ALL Social Services, controlling women’s choices and even more cheap talk. While March 1st looms, the American media asks who is to blame for the Sequester , are more gun safety laws practical, why did Republicans reject VAWA while seemingly pushing us into questioning drones when 90% of us prefer drones to boots on the ground. I am all for following the rules regulations … our constitution, but there is a fine line that the professional left is crossing when the focus should be on the clock that republicans still seem to be trying to turn back .  As March Madness gets closer and closer we see republican members of Congress say Election2013 taught them there is a need to be more practical … but all you have to do is tune into republican debates and the votes being recorded on the floor of Congress to find out just how cheap the talk truly is.

The fact is even after stating they know they need to open up their party to more diversity,  republicans continue to support rep.Paul Ryan and his pathway to prosperity, yet, it still seems to favor only the wealthy.  In 2012, Mr. Ryan seemed to have promised to save Medicare, close loop holes and of course cut spending by trillions.  The problem is, it will still be off the backs of those in need and with the hit our economy took it amazes me that the Republican Party of No thinks Americans don’t see that Mr.1%  and his crew are still in full effect though it’s 2013, but then again cheap words can mask the most blatant of realities. It only takes a republican secret filibuster blow for the Middle and Lower classes to suffer on the way toward that republican mission to cut slash and burn public service jobs while handing out thousands in tax breaks to millionaire and billionaire … friends

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USA.gov Team : Commemorates Two Crucial Events


African American History Month presents a special opportunity to learn about the struggles, achievements, and contributions of generations of African Americans.

This year, our nation commemorates two important events: the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation and the 1963 March on Washington.

In an exhibition that runs until September 15, the Smithsonian explores the accomplishments and limitations of these two events and their impact on American history. You can view the exhibition online or visit the National Museum of American History in Washington, DC.