Repairers of the Breach of Goldsboro, North Carolina, United States for Friday, 1 September 2017 "The fight for a living wage & a union is a moral struggle" from Rev. Erica Williams

Real wages have fallen steadily since the 1970s, leading to the greatest economic inequality in America since at least the Great Depression.
But when working people stand together, they can achieve incredible things.
Coming together in unions gives workers the political power to defend against attacks on everything from healthcare to voting rights by a reactionary White House. Unions give workers the power to fight for living wages on a mass scale. Union and nonunion workers fighting for $15/hour and the right to organize have won raises for another 20 million workers, and set 10 million on the road to a living wage of $15.
This Sunday, Sept. 3 at The Gathering, co-hosted by the Rev. Dr. William J Barber II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, we’re partnering with Fight For $15 to hear from working class people on how we can join the fight for a living wage.
If you’re in North Carolina: RSVP here to join us this Sunday, Sept. 3 from 6-7:30pm ET at Pullen Memorial Baptist Church in Raleigh.
If you can’t make it in-person: Watch the livestream this Sundaybeginning at 6pm ET on our website or Facebook. Make sure you share the stream on social media so the #PoorPeoplesCampaign can reach more people!

The Gathering is a new movement resource by Repairers of the Breach, live on the first Sunday of every month in North Carolina and available via livestream and podcast. It’s co-hosted by the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, Pres. & Sr. Lecturer of Repairers of the Breach; and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, Director at School for Conversion. The Gathering aims to equip communities with resources for faithful reflection and public action on moral issues through an hour of storytelling, music, interviews with community organizers and impacted people, and a powerful call to join the new Poor People’s Campaign.
We hope to see you at The Gathering this Sunday, Sept. 3 in North Carolina or online via the Repairers of the Breach livestream!
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me (ewilliams@breachrepairers.org)!
Forward Together!
Rev. Erica Williams
National Social Justice Organizer, Repairers of the Breach
P.S. Did you miss last month’s powerful Gathering on immigration? You can watch the video or listen to the podcast here.
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