RALLY FOR FAST FOOD WORKERS

Dear Lucas,

I wanted to pass along this email from Joseph Barrera, a KFC worker organizing with NYCC and the Fast Food Forward campaign, inviting you to join us for "I am Worker Justice | Rally & March for Fast Food Workers" on this Thursday April 4th at 5:30 PM, Marcus Garvey Park (124th and Madison) Click Here to RSVP.

Best,

Olivia Leirer

Communications and Social Media Director

New York Communities for Change

---Original Message---
From: Joseph Barrera
To: Olivia Leirer
Date: Monday 4/1/13

Dear Olivia,

Last week, I met Alvin Turner and Baxter Leach, two of the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers who went on strike with Rev Dr Martin Luther King just before his assassination.

They were fighting for the same things that we are today – fair wages, safe workplaces, and a chance to raise their families with dignity. Forty-five years later, things haven't changed and fast food workers in New York City are taking up the call to action.

Will you march with me to demand that fast food workers are paid enough to afford basic needs like food, clothing, and rent?

Fast Food workers today are being paid poverty wages that barely cover a quarter of what we need to live, forcing many good workers to rely on food stamps and other public assistance. And it's not just the workers who are paying the price – our communities and local businesses are suffering, too. Enough is enough.

This week, fast food workers will rally in NYC's Harlem neighborhood to a take a stand for our dignity as workers – and to help lift our entire economy. We're demanding $15 an hour and the right to form a union without intimidation. The Memphis strikers showed us there is nothing to fear in standing up for what's right and ensuring we won't be ignored any longer.

Join us and march with fast food workers to demand better wages, to cover their basic needs and lift up our entire economy.

Remember, as Memphis striker Alvin Turner said: in order to win, you have to stand up and be counted.
The civil rights struggle isn't over and we cannot allow a $200 billion industry to pay workers so little they must rely on food stamps or live in homeless shelters. Together, we can put money in the hands of workers and lift our entire economy as we work to rebuild the American Dream. Join us to say we won't stand for inequity.

Thank you for standing with us!
Joseph Barrera
KFC worker, Brooklyn, NY