kalamazoo folks if anyone is into it !!! please share with michigan media or ask Newschannel 3, CBS News, WWMT, West Michigan, MLive, WOOD TV8, FOX17, to cover this event Press release :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: MEDIA ADVISORY For immediate release 3/31/2014 CONTACT: Chris Wahmhoff, 269-910-6495 Michigan Residents Gather to Tell Rep. Fred Upton to Stop Supporting Poverty Wages and Increase the Minimum Wage to $10.10/hour Kalamazoo, MI - On Tuesday, April 1, MoveOn.org members and other concerned residents will be heading to Rep. Fred Upton’s district office in St. Joseph to demand that he vote to increase the minimum wage to at least $10.10/hour. MoveOn members will be carrying signs that read “We Deserve a Fair Wage” and “Rep. Upton: Stop Supporting Poverty Wages.” MoveOn.org members will also be delivering petition signatures from 580 constituents to Rep. Upton. Today, Public Policy Polling (PPP) also released a new set of polls, commissioned by MoveOn.org Political Action, that show a majority of voters in 13 Republican-held House districts, including Rep. Fred Upton’s district, support increasing the minimum wage and will punish any Democrat or Republican who votes against raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. “Raising the minimum wage is a commonsense policy that has strong support even in Republican held districts,” said Ilya Sheyman, executive director of MoveOn.org Political Action. “Republicans in Congress who are standing the the way of pay raises for millions of American workers should be ready to pay at the ballot box in November.” The local organizer of the event, Chris Wahmhoff, said he decided to plan an event because, “Raising the minimum wage shows that we value hard work. A $10.10/hour minimum wage would directly boost the wages of about 28 million workers, giving them more money to spend, which feeds back into the local economy. Rep. Upton should immediately vote to increase the minimum wage.” WHAT: MoveOn Members will gather at the Cooperstown Community Center to urge Rep. Fred Upton to vote to increase the minimum wage. MoveOn members will be carrying signs that read: “We Deserve a Fair Wage” and “Rep. Upton: Stop Supporting Poverty Wages.” WHERE: Outside Rep. Fred Uptons office, 157 South Kalamazoo Mall, Kalamazoo, MI WHEN: Tuesday, April 1, 2014, at 4pm MORE INFO ON THE EVENT: moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=140863 VIEW THE POLLING MEMO: scribd/doc/215087892/Mi-6-Minimum-Wage-Polling-Results?secret_password=2mhxwai3xemvhi1d81mw VIEW THE PETITION: pac.petitions.moveon.org/sign/rep-upton-will-you-support Today’s event in Kalamazoo is part of MoveOn.org’s National Day of Action in support of increasing the minimum wage. MoveOn members are holding a series of events targeting vulnerable GOP incumbents in their home districts - demanding they support an increase in the minimum wage and delivering petition signatures from constituents. Information on a second event in Rep. Fred Upton’s district taking place in St. Joseph can be found here: moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=140941 To find other events across the country, visit: pol.moveon.org/event/minwageprotest/
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