Join UUSC and more than 80 colleague organizations in planning Living Wage Days in your congregation and community to advance the goal of decent pay for workers. In this election season when candidates and voters listen intently to one another, you have an opportunity to make an impact.

The weekends of October 7-8, 14-15, 21-22, 28-29, and November 4-5 have been designated Living Wage Days by Let Justice Roll for people of faith around the United States. We encourage you to create or participate in worship services and community events around the issue of decent pay for work. You are a critical component in the success of the Living Wage Days and in raising the minimum wage around the country. We hope you will join us.

Now is the time to inspire, educate and mobilize support for raising the minimum wage at the federal and state level. Connect with UUSC’s new campaign: Wage Justice. Work with UUSC’s partner, Let Justice Roll, to urge increases in state and federal minimum wages.

The opportunity for change

The campaign to raise the federal minimum wage is growing: minimum wage questions will appear on the ballots of six states in November: Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, Montana, Nevada and Ohio.

The challenge

• Wages for working Americans fell three percent despite rising productivity between 2000 and 2004.
• While Congress has not raised the federal minimum wage in 10 years, it has voted eight pay raises for itself during that time.
• An estimated 1.3 million single parents with children under 18 would benefit from a minimum wage increase. In all, 3.9 million parents would benefit. Get more information and details on the Economic Policy Institute's website.  
• The Let Justice Roll Living Wage Campaign is a fast-growing partnership of more than 80 faith, labor and community groups working to raise the minimum wage at the state and federal level.

Please visit the Let Justice Roll website for more information and educational resources.

Please let us know if you are planning to host or co-host a Living Wage Days event. Contact Jackie Ladd at wagejustice@uusc.org.