Subject: Re: Background statement on Fight for 15
From: Brian Fallon <[email-masked]>
To: John Podesta <[email-masked]>
Cc: Maya Harris <[email-masked]>, Jennifer Palmieri <[email-masked]>, Kristina Schake <[email-masked]>, Amanda Renteria <[email-masked]>, Marlon Marshall <[email-masked]>, Jesse Ferguson <[email-masked]>, Christina Reynolds <[email-masked]>, "Ann O'Leary" <[email-masked]>, Nick Merrill <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2015 10:53:40 -0400

Ok, this is the finalized version reflecting your edits:

"As Hillary Clinton expressed yesterday, she strongly supports workers in
the fast-food industry in cities across the country mobilizing to fight for
a living wage. In the coming weeks, she will lay out her specific plans for
increasing wages."

As of now, Bloomberg and NYT are doing items seeking to account for exactly
where she is on this

On Monday, June 8, 2015, John Podesta <[email-masked]> wrote:

> Just off a call with HRC.   She wants to make sure we get this out so we
> are  not locked into misinterpretation. Given that people are asking I
> think we should do that in the natural course of responding to q's.
>
> On Monday, June 8, 2015, Maya Harris <[email-masked]
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[email-masked]');>> wrote:
>
>> I'd keep your addition of cities (and add states, if not too clunky).
>> Helpful clarification and closest to where we are, as you note.
>>
>> On Jun 8, 2015, at 9:13 AM, John Podesta <[email-masked]> wrote:
>>
>> I'd say:   she strongly supports workers in the fast-food industry
>> mobilizing in cities across the country to fight for higher wages. In the
>> coming weeks...
>>
>> Three footnotes:
>> 1) I added in cities across the country, because I think we'll eventually
>> get around to differentiating  between a federal floor
>> everywhere and  living wage in urban places, but you can lose it if it
>> seems clunky.
>> 2) dropped SEIU reference to emphasize solidarity with the workers
>> 3) I kept higher wages, but would be fine substituting living for higher.
>>
>> On Monday, June 8, 2015, Brian Fallon <[email-masked]> wrote:
>>
>>> Based on the conversation on this morning's call, below is a draft of
>>> the line that we could give out if we get pressed today on what the correct
>>> interpretation is of her remarks to the SEIU yesterday. We would not deploy
>>> this right away but only if a critical mass of our regulars put us on the
>>> spot:
>>>
>>> As Hillary Clinton expressed yesterday, she strongly supports the SEIU's
>>> mobilization of workers in the fast-food industry to fight for a higher
>>> minimum wage. In the coming weeks, she will lay out her specific plans for
>>> increasing wages.
>>>
>>