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4/21/2017 7:16 PM

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Friends, We are proud to announce that the Communications Workers of America Minnesota State Council (CWA) has endorsed our grassroots campaign for Minneapolis City Council Ward 3! Representing over 10,000 workers, the CWA has a rich history of challenging big business and winning through struggle. In 2016, Socialist Alternative supported the CWA when Verizon attempted to cut benefits, and we will continue to stand shoulder to shoulder with them in the fights ahead. Donate $15, $100, $250, $600 to elect Ginger Jentzen “It’s clear to the Communications Workers of America (CWA) MN State Council that we need to elect candidates who refuse corporate cash and are unapologetic about fighting for the needs of working people while at the same time building our grassroots power. That’s why the CWA MN State Council is endorsing Ginger Jentzen for Minneapolis City Council Ward 3. She has demonstrated those principles and fought alongside low-wage workers to build the movement for a $15/hour minimum wage in Minneapolis,” said Mona Meyer, president of the CWA Minnesota State Council. All told, our campaign is backed by unions representing 30,000 working people and families in Minnesota. Both the CWA and the Minnesota Nursing Association endorsed Bernie’s campaign and have played a critical role in the fight for a $15/hour minimum, living the old labor slogan an “injury to one is an injury to all.” Recently, a majority of Minneapolis City Council members have come out in support of $15 for Minneapolis, with no tip penalty! While we welcome their support, we need to be clear -  $15 has only come this far because of our powerful grassroots movement. Together, we've taken on powerful opposition from business groups like the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce, the Minneapolis Downtown Council, and now the Minnesota Restaurant Association. These groups will continue fighting to delay and dilute a minimum wage proposal. And anti-$15 corporate interests are already trying to buy our local elections, hosting a fundraiser for Ward 1 City Council member Kevin Reich - part of the council majority that voted to block $15/hr from going to voters. We know that these same business executives and lobbyists will pour money into defeating my pro-$15, pro-worker campaign for Minneapolis City Council Ward 3. If 30 people chip in $20 tonight, we can cancel out a $600 maxed out donation from an anti-$15 corporate executive, and show that it is is possible to build an alternative to corporate politics-as-usual. We have the potential to build a new kind of politics. Our movements for renters, immigrants, and workers’ rights need a political voice. By endorsing our campaign for Minneapolis City Council, the CWA MN State Council and the MNA are taking a bold stand against corporate domination of politics and supporting a political alternative that’s on the side of working people. Solidarity, Ginger Jentzen Prepared and Paid for by Vote Ginger Jentzen (not corporate cash) P.O. Box 53162, Minneapolis, MN 55458 Share Tweet Forward Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list