By The PA. AFL-CIO

– Due to the snowstorm that hit earlier this week, and in the interest of public safety, the Raise The Wage PA Kickoff that had been scheduled for Tuesday was postponed, and will now happen on Monday, February 9. Sign-in is at noon at the Grace Methodist Church at 216 State Street in Harrisburg, just a half block from the Capitol. An opening plenary session will be followed by workshops and then a march to the Capitol to visit legislators with materials to support raising the minimum wage in PA to at least $10.10 per hour. Visit The Raise The Wage PA Website to register, and to check out the full list of workshops and speakers, including Pennsylvania AFL-CIO President Rick Bloomingdale.

The new date for the Raise The Wage event also coincides with the 2015 PA AFL-CIO Legislative conference and Lobby Day. It is our hope that these events complement each other and encourage even more activists to talk to their legislators about issues of economic fairness, workers rights, and an economy that works for all Pennsylvanians.

Lobby day information packets will be available beginning at 11:00am in the second floor lobby of the Harrisburg Hilton. Registration for the legislative conference does not begin until 4:00pm, which leaves plenty of time for lobbying and attending the Raise The Wage event before the conference begins. For more information on the 2015 Legislative Conference, go to: http://www.paaflcio.org/?tribe_events=pa-afl-cio-2015-legislative-conference

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