The $1.9 billion dollar COVID relief bill moving through Congress this week is our best and possibly our only real chance to enact a $15 minimum wage. This would be the greatest progress we could make this year against rising economic inequality and structural racism and sexism. 

Every worker––Black, white, brown, and Indigenous––deserves a living wage for them and their family. Simply put, no one can live on $7.25 an hour and tipped workers, disabled workers and some young workers earn even less with discriminatory subminimum wages. Essential workers like restaurant workers, EMTs, and delivery drivers have been risking their lives amidst a pandemic without sufficient pay. 

Our government's choices created this crisis and it's time for them to deliver real relief. Everyone deserves to share in a just recovery––it's past time to raise the wage and ensure dignity for all. It's been over 11 years since we've raised the minimum wage. That's the longest we've gone without raising the minimum wage since the minimum wage was created in 1938.   

While Congressman Kind voted for a $15 minimum wage in the previous Congressional session, he has yet to make it clear he supports its inclusion in the latest covid relief bill. As a moderate, Ron Kind is a critical vote! That is why we need you to contact his office today.

Tell Ron Kind to support a $15 minimum wage in the COVID relief bill.