***Media Advisory for July 22, 2 PM, Capitol Hill, Washington DC***
Contact: Dan Morris: (917)-952-8920; progressivecities2014@gmail.com
Benjamin Linsley: (917) 232-0020; blinsley@populardemocracy.org
On Capitol Hill, Top Democrats and Advocates Call for Fair Schedules for Millions of Workers
*Fair Workweek Initiative and Federal Legislation Unveiled to Address National Crisis in Scheduling*
Lack of Stable, Reliable Schedules Identified as Most Urgent Workplace Issue for Three Key Groups in the Democratic Electorate: Women, People of Color, and Millenials
WHAT: On Capitol Hill,advocates, workers, and experts will unveil the Fair Workweek Initiative, a national campaign anchored by the Center for Popular Democracy to address the most urgent workplace issue facing millions of Americans: unpredictable, unstable schedules. The campaign brings together organizations from around the country, and strongly supports the Schedules That Work Act, new federal legislation that will require retailers and other employers in the service sector to give workers stable, reliable hours. This groundbreaking legislation will be introduced by top Democrats including Rep. George Miller and Rep. Rosa DeLauro on July 22nd.
The Congressional briefing on the Schedules that Work Act will spotlight the lack of stable, reliable schedules as a growing national crisis in the American workplace that Democrats around the country should seize on and highlight during the upcoming mid-term elections.
WHERE: U.S. House of Representatives, Cannon House Office Building Room 234, Washington D.C.
WHEN: Tuesday, July 22, 2:00-3:30 p.m.
WHO: Key speakers and participants are listed below.