Friend, if you saw our email from earlier today, you already know just how much has changed over the last 13 years.

Prices continue to go up, the job market continues to fluctuate, we’ve faced extremist presidential administrations and a global pandemic — all the while, working people in America have been expected to make ends meet with a measly $7.25 minimum wage.

The current system is broken, friend, and to put it even more simply — it’s failing working families.

When Washington fails to act, we rise to the challenge. Since 2016, we’ve helped voters in 9 different states raise wages to a livable standard. This same work has put over $22 billion into the pockets of working people in America — and team, now we’re taking our fight for fair wages to another state this year.

Congress won’t act, but we will. Please if you can, donate $7.25, $12, $15 or whatever you can to help us raise wages in Nebraska and states across the country.

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/TFPUS-ALL-Email-July2022-FR-july?refcode=E17169-KellyPersonal&amount=7.25

Thanks for your support,

Kelly Hall
Executive Director
Fairness Project

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From: Fairness Project <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, July 24, 2022 at 10:20 AM
Subject: since 2009...
To: <[email protected]>

Friend,

Picture this — it’s 2009. Barack Obama is sworn in for his first term as President. Kanye interrupts Taylor Swift at the VMA’s. Jersey Shore makes its debut on MTV. Avatar becomes the highest-grossing movie of all time. And Congress just raised the federal minimum wage to $7.25.

A LOT has changed since 2009, but the federal minimum wage? Well, it hasn’t budged. We need a minimum wage that reflects the economic reality we’re living in now, not the one we remember from more than a decade ago.

We’ve seen IRL how raising wages improves the lives of America’s working families. How? Since 2016, we’ve won campaigns in 9 different states to raise wages, and this work has put more than $22 billion into the hands of workers. Now we’re taking the fight to Nebraska → Team, will you support our work to raise wages across the country?

When you think about it, it’s simple. We aren’t living in the same economic conditions as we were in 2009 — back when an iPhone cost $199 not $1,099 and the average cost of a home in the U.S. was $173,200, not $348,079 (!!) Bottom line, friend: We shouldn’t expect families to make ends meet with a 2009 minimum wage in 2022.

We know how to get this done — we’ve done it 9 times over now. So, team, will you join us in the fight for fair wages? Chip in today to help bolster our campaigns to raise wages across the country. →