----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Arnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 9:16 AM Subject: Action Alert: Ensure Fair Wages for Hurricane Victims!
>I am deeply troubled by the president's decision to suspend the > Davis-Bacon Act in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The > Davis-Bacon Act requires federal contractors to pay workers the > average or "prevailing" regional wage for public construction > projects. In New Orleans, that wage is just over $9 an hour. The > act's suspension allows contractors to pay as little as $5.15 an > hour - the current federal minimum wage - for these projects. > > Workers who lost everything in the rising waters cannot be > expected to support their families on $5.15 an hour. As these > women and men begin to rebuild their lives and their > communities, they desperately need a just wage from their > government, not a pay cut. As a person of faith, I believe that > every person has the right to productive work and to fair > compensation for that work. > > Today I wrote a letter urging my member of Congress to sign on > to legislation reinstating the wage protections enshrined in the > Davis-Bacon Act. Two hundred representatives and 30 senators > have already signed on. These numbers are encouraging, but they > are not enough. Please join me by calling on your member of > Congress to support the "Fair Wages for Hurricane Victims Act." > The people of the Gulf Coast are counting on us. > > Click here and urge Congress to reinstate fair wages for Gulf > Coast workers: > http://go.sojo.net/campaign/fair_wages?rk=Ddq6V651WXdUW > I did this 3 weeks or so ago on the IBEW website. This is pretty important people! You have no idea how low construction contractors can be.........or maybe you do. xponent ScumBuckets Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
