Statement from RWDSU President Stuart Appelbaum
Stuart
Appelbaum, President of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store
Union (RWDSU,UFCW), made the following statement in response to Mayor
Bloomberg's veto of the Fair Wages for New Yorkers Act:
"This veto is a slap in the face to the overwhelming majority of New Yorkers who support the living wage legislation.
Across the city, New Yorkers have built a movement for fairness and
justice because they know the mayor's economic development policy has
failed. Bloomberg will be remembered as the Mayor of Inequality. He
forced taxpayers to line the pockets of a few wealthy developers while
giving them nothing in return. On his watch, life has gotten worse, not
better, for many New Yorkers--a shameful and alarming legacy to be sure.
His policy of spending billions to perpetuate poverty-wage jobs has
been an economic embarrassment and a moral outrage. Rest assured: we
will work with the next mayor to implement the living wage bill, and put
an end to this dark and disturbing chapter in the city's history."
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