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Raise the Minimum Wage

Imagine working 40 hours a week, but still worrying about putting food on the table - or having to choose between paying your housing bill or your heating bill. Imagine working 40 hours a week and barely making enough to live, let alone save or plan for the future. Imagine working full-time and still being poor with no way out or up. Sadly, millions of Americans don’t have to IMAGINE – this is the reality they face every day.
 
The road from poor to plenty is long, but raising the minimum wage is an important first step in lifting millions of families out of poverty and giving them a chance at a better life.

The last time the minimum wage was enough to support a family was in 1968.  Lyndon Johnson was president, and a gallon of gas was 34 cents.   Times have changed – and so should wages.
 
Please join the National Urban League in sending a message to Congress that the time for action is NOW to give millions of working men and women the raise they need.



This petition has a goal of 10000 signatures
1-25 of 1984 signatures
Number Date Name Tell us why raising the ...
1984 4.5 years ago Anonymous Raising Minimum wage not just pull the millions out of poverty but also boost overall economy of the country by creating more jobs, money flow and purchasing powers of the people. In consumer based ...
1983 5.3 years ago latrish brooks Past overdue
1982 5.4 years ago Anonymous Raising the minimum rage is important to me and my community because it will help lower the stress levels of people who are barely getting by.
1981 5.8 years ago Andrea McNeely When we talk about minimum wage, we are talking about a starting point for individuals to step onto the economic playing field. It is obvious to me that in this day and age with steady increases in...
1980 5.8 years ago Anonymous
1979 5.8 years ago Robert Saskowski
1978 5.8 years ago Marlene Goldsmith Our Nations people need to be able to SUPPORT their FAMILIES
1977 5.8 years ago Anonymous MINIMUM WAGE NEEDS TO BE RAISED BECAUSE OVER THE YEARS INFLATION TAKES PLACE ON NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSUMER GOODS, RENT MORTGAGE GAS WATER AND TAXES. SO PAY RATE SHOULD BE RAISED EACH YEAR AS W...
1976 5.8 years ago Cheryl Ledet
1975 5.8 years ago Carol Patton All people who work should receive compensation that will allow them to support their families adequately and above poverty.
1974 5.9 years ago Anonymous
1973 5.9 years ago Andrea Wilson Raising the minimum wage is absolutely necessary! If we truly want to ignite sustainable change in our most vulnerable communities, we have to provide the means for low-income individuals and famil...
1972 5.9 years ago Chandra Goodwin
1971 6 years ago Corey Michon
1970 6 years ago taifa St. Julien
1969 6 years ago Tina Peery I have worked in retail for more than 30 years as a sales person/cashier etc. and I am a good worker. I received this year (2014) a ten cent (.10) an hour annual review raise.

1 Timothy 5:18
.........the laborer is worthy of his wages.......

James 5:4
..........indeed the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields , which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the LORD of Saboath............

Luke 3:14
..........be content with your wages..........

GOD bless
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1968 6 years ago Anonymous simple.. cost of living has tripled; it's time to even the playing ground.. no once in this city of mine can live in a decent environment with an 8.25 pay rate.
1967 6 years ago Anonymous
1966 6.1 years ago Anonymous It's time to keep up with the rising cost of living across the US. Raising the minimum wage is an important first step in that process.
1965 6.1 years ago Mark Rudningen We need FDR's 2nd bill of rights now:
The right to a useful and remunerative job in the industries or shops or farms or mines of the nation;
The right to earn enough to provide adequate food...
1964 6.1 years ago Veronica Woodson Increasing the minimum wage will only enable every working individual the opportunity to feed their families.
1963 6.1 years ago Veronica Woodson Increasing the minimum wage will only enable every working individual the opportunity to feed their families.
1962 6.1 years ago Denise Albritton I support an increase in the minimum wage because every American who works deserves not only the dignity of a paycheck, but the peace of mind knowing that what they earn can support them and their f...
1961 6.1 years ago Damani Madyun The road to success is paved with many important and significant steps that lead to a more gratifying life for ourselves and our families. An honest days work should be rewarded with an honest days ...
1960 6.1 years ago Anonymous People who work should be able to support themselves. Currently they cannot do that with the current wages.
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