The United Church of Christ Justice and Witness Ministires reports that:

In a last-minute election-year ploy, the House leadership brought to a vote in the dead of night on July 29 the Estate Tax and Extension of Tax Relief Act of 2006, which included an increase to the federal minimum wage. However, the bill also included tax cuts for the wealthy and invalidated labor protection laws for tip-earners, some of the lowest paid workers in the economy.

This vote is an insulting merger of tax cuts for the wealthiest families in the nation, dangerous roll-backs of labor protection laws, and an increase in the minimum wage to take effect much more slowly than justice advocates have urged. The Senate leadership will now take up the same bill in another eleventh hour vote to help vulnerable incumbents win their re-election campaigns.

Visit http://www.ucctakeaction.org/dirtytrick to learn more and to send a message to your senators telling them to reject this dirty trick that disrespects low-wage workers at the same time that it claims to help them.

Also, call your senators toll-free at (800) 459-1887 and tell them to vote NO on HR 5970 and any legislation that undermines the Fair Labor Standards Act and holds minimum wage workers hostage to budget-busting giveaways for the wealthy.

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