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Thank you so much for helping make the Walmart protests on Black
Friday such a huge success! You probably saw it in the news reports --
we made the massive economic inequality companies like Walmart
contribute to part of the discussion on the biggest shopping day of the
year. We're forcing these big, profitable companies to face the facts,
and that's HUGE. That's why we want you to read this email from
McDonald's worker Maria Trisler. We hope you can join her Thursday and
keep the fight for good jobs and fair wages going!
Dear James,
This Thursday, fast food workers like me are going on strike across the country.
And it's going to be bigger than ever before, with community members
joining us at protests and rallies in hundreds of cities across the
country!
I'm going on strike because I can't make ends meet for me and my
12-year old boy on the $8.35 I make at McDonald's -- it's just 10 cents
more than minimum wage here in Peoria, Illinois.
I'm striking because not only can McDonald's afford to pay us more, but
time and time again they've shown just how out of touch they are with
what it's like to work for them -- and try scrape by on poverty wages.
And we're ALL going on strike because we know that folks like you are right there with us.
The outpouring of support we've seen so far has been amazing, but we're
only getting started. As we get ready to walk off our jobs again we
need you to have our backs.
Maria Trisler
Low Pay is Not OK
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