Thanking the 7 Who Stood Up for DC Workers

Monday, September 23, 2013

Thanking the 7 Who Stood Up for DC Workers(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

“Seven D.C. Council members stood with us,” said Metro Washington Council President after last week's failure by the DC Council to override DC Mayor Gray's veto of the Large Retailer Accountability Act. “Six stood with Walmart. And Walmart, again, was able to strong-arm legislators into selling out working people.” While Yvette Alexander, Anita Bonds, Muriel Bowser, David Catania, Mary Cheh, and Tommy Wells “ignored the overwhelming support for this bill from people across the District,” Williams said “the fight for fair pay for workers in the District isn’t over and we need to thank those who stood with us and ask them to support a living wage for all workers going forward.” He urged local activists to thank council members Marion Barry, Jack Evans, Jim Graham, David Grosso, Kenyan McDuffie, Phil Mendelson and Vincent Orange "for supporting working people and a living wage for retail workers in the District” Saying that “Together, we’ve built a movement that isn’t going away,” Williams added that “We made sure the issue of a living wage was front and center across the country. We exposed Walmart’s hypocrisy and just how far they will go to deny workers fair pay. And we backed council members into a corner; forcing them to have a real conversation about raising the wage for all working people. For the council members who sided with Walmart, we need to let them know there will be consequences. But we also need to show those members who voted for a living wage for retail workers that we’ve got their back.” Click here to send a thank-you email to the seven council members who stood with workers. photo of 9/17 LRAA rally by Karlyn Williams/UFCW 400 

 

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