An American Airlines worker told us: "I can barely pay for my car now, half of my rent. Poverty wages just don't cut it." Another said: "I work 20 extra additional hours a week because we have a mortgage, we have bills, and plus we have college tuition ... I'm just so overwhelmed. All the time, I'm tired. I don't have time with my girls or my husband either," and: "I talk to some of my coworkers and sometimes I bring groceries for them because they have nothing to eat."
An Amazon worker told us: "I gave myself a hernia trying to hurry up and go to the bathroom within one minute and 30 seconds."
A Disneyland worker told us: "I currently don't make enough to eat three times a day. I eat cans of tuna or celery sticks and carrots because that's what I can afford. I typically eat once sometimes twice a day because I can't afford three meals a day."
These are just a few examples of a much larger story about the growing divide between the top 1% and everyone else. In the year 2018, no one in America, especially those working for a profitable corporation, should be living in poverty or struggling economically.
At the town hall meeting that will be live-streamed on Monday night on my Facebook page, we will be hearing from these workers and discussing how we can create an economy that works for all of us, not just those on top. I hope you will join us.
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