Subject: FW: TRANSCRIPT: 20150607 Call In to the "Fight for $15" Rally Hosted by SEIU
From: Brynne Craig <[email-masked]>
To: John Podesta <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2015 09:35:49 -0400

*From:* Varun Anand [mailto:[email-masked]]
*Sent:* Sunday, June 7, 2015 9:28 AM
*To:* Jesse Ferguson; Brynne Craig; Nikki Budzinski; Alexandria Phillips;
Rebecca Chalif; Bonnie Rubin
*Cc:* HRCRR; Dan Schwerin; Jennifer Palmieri; Kristina Schake
*Subject:* TRANSCRIPT: 20150607 Call In to the "Fight for $15" Rally Hosted
by SEIU

*HRC: *Good morning! Good morning SEIU! Good morning all of you, and thank
you Mary Kate for giving me this chance to tell you all how much I support
your movement. I believe fast food workers and child care workers and home
care workers and adjunct professors—all of you should not have to march in
this street to get a living wage, but thank you for marching in the streets
to get that living wage.

We need you out there saying loudly and clearly—no one, no one who works an
honest job in America should have to live in poverty. We need you out there
leading the fight against those who would rip away Americans' right to
organize, to collective bargaining, to fair play. No man or woman who works
hard to feed America's families should have to be on food stamps to feed
your own families.

It is wrong that so many people stand against you, thinking that they can
steal your wages with no consequences. That even stacks the deck higher for
those at the top. That's why what you're doing to build the fight for
fifteen movement is so important. You deserve the chance to get ahead and
stay ahead—to be able to look in your children's eyes and tell them that
there is no limit to their future. Every worker in every state and every
city deserves a fair wage and a real voice on the job.

So, we need to raise the minimum wage. We need more cities and states to
follow the lead of Los Angeles and St. Louis and New York. We need to
protect the right of every worker to join a union. We need to defend the
Affordable Care Act and do even more to lower costs for families. We need
to crack down on drug companies that charge too much and insurance
companies that offer too little. We need to fix our immigration system and
restore balance to the criminal justice system because all lives matter and
no one should be second class.

Now there's a lot we can do together, and you're showing us what that route
is. You're on the street, your voices are being heard. We need you, and
also, we need you in our statehouses, our communities, our city halls—and
yes, on Capitol Hill. I hope that every one of you will continue to raise
your voices until we get our working Americans a better deal. I want to be
your champion, I want to fight with you every day. I'm well aware that the
folks on top already have plenty of friends in Washington, but we together
will change the direction of this great country.

So thank you, SEIU. Have a great time in Detroit, and please, keep up the
fight!