Subject: How $10.10 would affect you:
From: "Secretary Tom Perez, Department of Labor" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 14:38:34 -0600

A lot of people are observing October 10 (or 10/10) as National Minimum Wage Day, a day to show support for raising the national minimum wage to $10.10.

But for the millions of hardworking Americans earning the minimum wage, every day is national minimum wage day. Every day, heartbreaking decisions that no one should have to make. Do I pay rent or fix the car? Do I go without this meal so my kids can have more to eat?

If raising the minimum wage seems like a no-brainer, that's because it is. And a new whiteboard video from the White House spells it out -- in less than 2 minutes.

http://click.mail.whitehouse.gov/?qs=db94af8de8394c03abc0c285d75e413091d05a5feea03e3819f2e9cb58e1c763860bc9aadc353a4f 
Watch this new video that shows what the average minimum wage earner looks like, and how a higher wage helps all of us. And be sure to pass it on. 

http://click.mail.whitehouse.gov/?qs=db94af8de8394c030f68f3a0f1554b4c142df5f269f382dc822b857ebfb0f0e9ef2b2c275507ee82 

The current national minimum wage of $7.25 just doesn't cut it. Not when its value has been eroded by inflation. Not when it buys about 20 percent less than it did when President Reagan took office in 1981.

Raising the minimum wage isn't just the right thing to do to strengthen families -- it's the smart thing to do to strengthen businesses: People would have more money to spend on goods and services. Businesses would see higher productivity and lower worker turnover, too. Without costing taxpayers a single penny.

I've traveled around the country to meet and talk with people who would benefit from a higher minimum wage. People like Austraberta, a 71-year-old grandmother from Texas who's worked as a janitor for more than 30 years -- and still is barely making ends meet.

She said a few more dollars per hour "would be incredible."

That may not seem like much to some. But for Austraberta, it would mean more food on the table, and the hope for a brighter future for her family.

In America, in 2014, we should be able to make that possible for everyone in our country.

And we can:

Right now, there's a bill before Congress that would raise the national minimum wage to $10.10 -- without any new taxes or new spending. And not only would it help workers survive, it would help the whole economy grow.

http://click.mail.whitehouse.gov/?qs=db94af8de8394c03d77738dbf337bfed0779312b3e6cbe58a6855d2360d258f54c0f8a3d6bd1b56b 
Make sure to watch the new whiteboard video, and share it with anyone that needs to see it. 

Thanks,

Tom

Secretary Tom Perez

Department of Labor

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