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If #King and Randolph's plea for a $2 ($19 in 2023 dollars) federal #minimumwage remains unmet 55 years later, it serves as a stark reminder that our commitment to #equity must be unwavering and forward-thinking. We must understand the difference between #povertywages, nonprofit industrial complex wages, and wages that provide #economicsecurity.

#AllJobsShouldBeUnionJobs #LaborIsAnExploitableCommodity
#CreatingPoverty

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Rosanita Sep 2, 2023

@godsouza Thanks for sharing. I just wanted to elaborate. Poverty wages=federal minimum wage. Nonprofit industrial complex=United Way’s Alice, which is lower today than the current wage scale from the Economic Policy Institute and I think the Wider Opportunity for Women’s old Basic Economic Security Tables from around 2012-2017ish. There’s this fight for $15 that’s been out of date since it started if we actually want people to have economic security. 👀