[Lekooks] Fight for $15

[Phil Smith]

  Hi Folks
  The Fight for $15 Rally/Protest held on Nov 10 in Milwaukee was amazing! It combined the struggles of the Black Lives Matter, the Immigration Reform Movement and the Fight for $15- all issues central to the UUA Social Action agenda. Such a mix of people- students, blacks, latinos, young, old and folks, like me, just getting their feet wet in such important life changing issues. Attached is a pic of this town of ours coming together. Check out the video below- hardly need to say more. There's a follow-up organizational meeting on December 19 in MIlwaukee if anyone would like to join me. 
  phil

  Phil Smith
  W318 S4121 Highview Rd
  Waukesha, Wi 53189
  cell 262 719 1542
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  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Nyshaia McMillon-Thompson, Fight for $15
  To: Philip Smith
  Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2015 2:37 PM
  Subject: This video, this man, this movement...


             
              Philip –
              Yesterday we took over the streets in 500 cities across the country. Tens of thousands of us – fast-food, airport, child care, home care and so many more underpaid workers brought the #FightFor15 – and we brought it HARD.
              Today we honor and thank our nation's veterans for their brave service, including Derrell Odom who received a Purple Heart serving our country in Iraq. Derrell marched with us yesterday – and this moving video shows exactly why.



              Derrell makes just $7.25 an hour at KFC and struggles every day just to provide for his son.It's not right – and it's why Derrell and thousands of others went on STRIKE yesterday.
              Watch the video. It's easy to see why the New York Times said the Republican presidential candidates reject $15 an hour and union rights "at their own electoral peril."
              Derrell isn't giving up. Neither are the millions of underpaid people across the nation who make less than $15 an hour.
              We're fighting, we're striking, we're VOTING for $15 an hour and union rights.
              Together, we will win. Thank you for standing with us.
              Nyshaia McMillon-Thompson
              North Carolina McDonald's Worker
              Fight for $15
              PS Check out all the best photos from around the country from yesterday's strikes and protests right here. 
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