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U.S. Chamberof Commerce National
Restaurant Association
National Associationof Manufacturers
National Federationof Independent Business
AmericanLegislative
Exchange Council(ALEC)
INCLUDING:
HigherMinimum
WagesPaid
Sick Days
Unions
FIGHTINGAGAINST:
CollectiveBargaining
Pay Transparency
Environmental &Safety Regulations
FairOvertime Pay
INCOME STAGNATION.PRECARIOUS "GIGS" INSTEADOF STRONG JOBS."TEMPS" WORKING FOR YEARS.WORKERS FIRED, THEN REHIRED AT LESS PAY.EMPLOYERS SHIFTING COSTS TO WORKERS.
WEAKENED UNIONS.RAMPANT INSECURITY.
"RIGHT TO WORK (FOR LESS)" LAWS.FEAR OF TAKING EARNED TIME OFF.
SHAMEFULLY INADEQUATECHILDCARE OPTIONS.
GENDER PAY GAPS.BIASED HIRING PRACTICES.
CITIES STARVED OF REVENUE.
FAILING INFRASTRUCTURE.COMMUNITIES IN DECLINE.
UNPREDICTABLE SCHEDULES THAT HURT FAMILIES.
LAYOFF SURVIVORS GIVEN IMPOSSIBLE WORKLOADS.
POVERTY WAGES FOR HONEST WORK.
MISCLASSIFIED WORKERS DENIED FAIR PAY & BENEFITS.
AN IMPENDING RETIREMENT CRISIS.
SOCIAL IMMOBILITY.DIVISIVENESS AND RANCOR.
CORPORATE DOMINANCE OF GOVERNMENT.
DEATH OF THE AMERICAN DREAM.
PLUTOCRACY.AN OUT-OF-CONTROL FINANCIAL INDUSTRY.
AN ECONOMY THAT PUTS THE NEEDS OF THE AVERAGEWORKING AMERICAN DEAD LAST.
We can’t let anti‐worker special interestgroups continue, UNOPPOSED, to drivepolicy decisions that affect our lives.
It has to stop.
AFTER ALL, WE OUTNUMBER THEM.
Working Americansneed a powerful
advocate at the table
REPRESENTINGALL WORKERS& ADVANCING
OUR INTERESTS.
UNITE all workers, regardless of industry orstatus, to pursue our MUTUAL well‐being
BLUE COLLARWHITE COLLARHOURLY
FACTORYFULL TIMEPART TIME
SALARIEDUNIONOFFICE
PROFESSIONALSERVICE SECTORNONPROFIT
PROFESSIONALSERVICE SECTORNONPROFIT
CONNECT us across the DIVISIONS that distractus from fighting together for our common goals
RACEGENDERAGE
POLITICSABILITY
RELIGIONEDUCATION
CLASSETHNICITY
ORIENTATION
DEMAND consideration of workers'needs in policy decisions
TOGETHER, we canCOMPEL long‐overdue progress onworker rights
DISRUPT the business‐as‐usualdealmaking in D.C. that puts workers'interests last
COUNTER anti‐worker lobbyists who fightworker gains
FIX glaring deficiencies in U.S. workforcebenefits, compared to otherdeveloped nations
REVIVE worker prideand dignity
END corporate dominanceof our economyBUILD shared prosperitySTRENGTHEN families andcommunities
AND PERHAPS EVEN
SAVE DEMOCRACY
If we build this organization,we'll form a potentially enormousvoting bloc, representingone of the largestspecial interestgroups in America.
WHAT'S ATSTAKE?
Only the well‐being,security, health, wealth and futureHOPES & DREAMSof most U.S. families.
That's why we're calling onprogressive investors,
social entrepreneurs and worker advocacy organizations
to PLEASE INVEST &COLLABORATE
in the creation of...