LARENCORE: U.S (Color Of Change) : We must PROTECT BLACK WORKERS.

jeudi 9 décembre 2021

U.S (Color Of Change) : We must PROTECT BLACK WORKERS.

Friend,

What should be “the most wonderful time of the year” is actually the most challenging time for too many working-class families. Right now, labor strikes are surging across the country, as workers rightfully demand better wages, better working conditions, and more benefits.¹ And Black workers—who are overrepresented as essential employees—are forced to work long holiday shifts AND risk COVID-19 exposure just to keep food on the table. While our people struggle to cover increased living expenses and household costs, corporations are using the excuse of inflation to raise prices and increase their profits.²

That’s why we fight. We’re constantly running campaigns for systemic and procedural changes across industries. From Amazon to Zoom, we’ve successfully pressured corporations to remove harmful policies and implement new systems to protect Black people and create economic opportunities that put more money in Black people’s pockets. This year alone, we successfully pressured corporations to direct $6 million to Black workers, Black businesses, and Black communities through our campaigns : Invest in Black-owned media, Justice for Greenwood, and Sponsor Olympian Gwen Berry. But our work is far from over. The progress we’ve made this year is our fuel to accomplish even more in 2022.

We need your support to keep our movement strong. Friend, will you invest in our organizing efforts to protect Black workers and put more money in their pockets?

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CHIP IN OTHER AMOUNT

While the workers struggle to cover costs during the expense-driven holiday shopping season and economic downturn, retailers expect that holiday sales this year will be the best in a while. The wealthiest Americans have always built their wealth on the backs of Black people and low-wage earners. This is why our fight for the dignity and respect of Black workers is crucial. We are creating campaigns that open greater economic access and safer work environments for Black people.

Here are a few of our active labor campaigns :

Advocating to increase the federal minimum wage to an actual living wage. Minimum wages have not been a living wage since before the Great Depression.
Demanding paid sick leave for fast food workers at McDonald’s as COVID-19 cases are rising in most states.
Ending Amazon’s worker surveillance practices, which disproportionately harm Black and brown workers.
Pressing the federal government to implement a recurring wealth tax on only ultra-millionaires, which could bring in nearly $3 trillion and uplift millions of Black and low-income families from poverty.

We should not have to beg corporations—or anyone—for basic human decency at work, where people spend the majority of their waking hours. And we shouldn’t have to tell our government officials to protect all of their citizens.But we have to demand that they do. The economic well-being of families and entire communities is at stake.

As we celebrate and enjoy the holidays, remember the sacrifices of the department store employee who has to work on Christmas and won’t be able to enjoy the holidays with their family; and the plight of the delivery driver who is forced to meet unrealistic time frames, risking unsafe driving practices to rush packages to customers. Remember that Black workers need our support. We won’t stop fighting for and with them.

This holiday season, help fund our efforts to protect Black workers and put more money in their pockets.

Until justice is real,

Jade, Johnny, Erica, Evan, Amanda, Samantha, Imani, FolaSade, Eesha, Gabrielle, Marie, Taurjhai, Angel, Ciera, Jennette, and the rest of the Color Of Change team

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