Respect DC Says "It's Time to Get in the Street"

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

With the calls on DC Mayor Vincent Gray to sign the Large Retailer Accountability Act growing louder and stronger, thousands of residents have signed petitions, made phone calls, and sent emails to the Mayor. “With wealthy corporations pouring money into DC in an attempt to stop this bill and continue paying poverty wages, we need to do more than call and email,” says Respect DC Organizer Mike Wilson. “We need to get out in the street and spread the word.” Respect DC is starting a neighborhood canvass this week “to make sure everyone in DC knows about this bill and what it will do to lift thousands of DC families out of poverty,” says Wilson. Click here to sign up now to join the canvass and/or click here to email the Mayor now and call him at 888-264-6154. “The bill has yet to arrive on the Mayor's desk, and he has said that he will not make a decision until it does,” Wilson adds. “The corporate interests opposed to this bill are doing everything they can to make this decision for us. They have made threats and launched an all-out campaign to take away our self-determination and keep more money in their own pockets.” Click here to sign up “to let Mayor Gray know that DC residents still want to see the largest, wealthiest corporations in the world pay a living wage.” photo courtesy The Washington Informer