LEARN, LOVE, ACT: The Morals of Minimum Wage Originally delivered as part of Program # 318 UUA General Assembly 2014 Providence, Rhode Island.

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LEARN, LOVE, ACT: The Morals of Minimum Wage Originally delivered as part of Program # 318 UUA General Assembly 2014 Providence, Rhode Island

What is the minimum wage?

2007…2009…2014

Tipped minimum wage by state

Gender and the Minimum Wage

Race and Minimum Wage

Families and the minimum wage

Map of Minimum Wage: Oxfam us/minimum-wage-map/

What does a raise to $10.10 mean in real terms?

What we can do about it? Encourage Congress to pass the Minimum Wage Fairness Act Support state and local campaigns to raise the minimum wage and support workers’ rights! Use our power as consumers: speak up when you eat out!

Encourage Congress to Act: Advancing Human Rights is the Work of Many Joining Hands

Join local campaigns:

Be a compassionate consumer:

Action Planning: What is my contribution? What do I commit to do? Who in my congregation can support me? Who in our community can we join? What are my action steps?