ACTION
AND ANALYSIS:
More Hands Needed to Build an Effective New
Financial Architecture
The financial crisis is affecting all of our lives. A historic window of opportunity is opening that depends on pressure from public opinion for a real change of course to be achieved. Please take the time to read AFSC’s analysis of the financial crisis and the upcoming November 15 summit between President Bush and leaders of twenty nations with the largest economies (known as the “G20”) in Washington, DC.
Take
action and send a letter
to the editor!
Make the Minimum Wage a Living Wage
Last year, the federal minimum wage
increased to $5.85 an hour. It will then rise
to $6.25 in July 2008, and $7.25 in July
2009. AFSC helped win this victory for 13
million workers, but more remains to be done.
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budget that reflects Quaker values of justice,
dignity, and human rights.
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