As part of a larger, national “Tax Day” action, there is a protest for higher wages in Monroe Park this Wednesday. From the FaceBook page:
Working people are fed up with being treated, and paid, like we don’t matter. On April 15, we will stand side-by-side with other workers demanding $15 an hour, the right to form a union and the respect we all deserve.
Join Fast Food Workers with the Raise Up campaign and a coalition of supporting organizations and individuals on Wednesday April 15th, the day before Tax Day, at 5pm in Monroe Park to rally for a $15 dollar an hour living wage for Fast Food Workers!
Also:
Eyes Wide Open Boots Display Tuesday, April 14, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Monroe Park (620 W Main St, Richmond, VA 23220)
Eyes Wide Open- Virginia (Afghanistan and Iraq) is a display memorializing the Virginia soldiers who have been killed in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The display includes combat boots representing soldiers from Virginia who have died, shoes symbolizing civilian casualties, and signs with additional information about the costs of war. Sponsored by the Richmond Peace Education Center. Free and open to the public.
Why stop at $15/hour? This group should wait until 4/30 and ask for $30/hour. That won’t hurt businesses or the economy at all. Always encouraging when the progressives like “earning” money when not really working for their true market worth.
Instead of forming a union, they should form a company and pay themselves $150/hour with fifty weeks of paid vacation