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One Way to Keep Good, Middle-Class Jobs in New York

15 Mar, 2019

Long gone are the days when a family could live comfortably with a minimum wage job. In 1968, a worker making the federal minimum wage could support a partner and a child above the poverty line. Today, you can’t even support yourself and a child on it. Even with the recent increase to the minimum wage, hitting $15 an hour in New York City, it’s impossible for families in many parts of the state to live on minimum wage.

Economic anxiety has unfortunately become the new norm. Traditionally, most families’ golden ticket out of poverty was a solidly middle-class job, like at a call center. Those jobs, however, are increasingly being lost to corporate greed.

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Sample memo of support, FAQ and key messaging, flyers, fact sheets, and more.

Call 855-980-2357

to tell your State Assemblymember to support the New York Call Center Jobs Act (A.567).