AFSCME Members Bus to DC "Raise the Wage" Rally, Hear Ruben Jones' Plea
Monday, April 7, 2014(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
Maryland AFSCME
Council 3 members bused down to DC last Thursday to meet up with the “Give America a Raise” bus
tour,
sponsored by Americans United for Change, AFL-CIO and a coalition of allies.
The rally at the U.S. Capitol concluded a tour that started March 24 and made
18 stops in 10 states over two weeks, calling upon Americans to support raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, which
would raise the wages of 28 million hardworking Americans. Ruben Jones of
Largo, MD, who makes $8 working at two Golden Corral locations in the
Washington, D.C., area told the rally that he's worked for the company
over the past five years without seeing a raise and once missed the train home
after working late, walked in the rain from Washington to Largo, and then got
up the next day, exhausted, and returned to work. "To be treated like
this, it's a shame, it's a shame," Jones said. "Please, raise the
minimum wage. We all need it. We all need it." Click here to hear Jones and
read the report on the AFL-CIO Now blog and to see more AFSCME 3
photos.