Thread by @RevDrBarber

WATCH: Bishop Barber Joins Memphis 7 | We Shall Overcome Starbucks Union Busting! #PoorPeoplesCampaign twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Working at the Tennessee 2018 state minimum wage, it takes 94 hours of work per week to afford a 2-bedroom apartment.

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Religious leaders in Memphis, if you’re not standing with these Starbucks workers in this moment, it makes your faith terribly suspect. #WhyWeOrganize #PoorPeoplesCampaign

On MLK Day, these Memphis workers filed their petition to Starbucks to form a union, and they were immediately targeted with intimidation tactics. It has wildly backfired, though, because the movement here is strong and getting stronger. #WhyWeOrganize #PoorPeoplesCampaign

These workers fired by Starbucks are telling us they are coming to Washington, D.C., on June 18 for the Mass Poor People’s & Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly & #MoralMarch on Washington & #ToThePolls! #PoorPeoplesCampaign

Join them & RSVP online now: poorpeoplescampaign.org/june18?source=…

🎶 Fighting for a union,
we shall not be moved! 🎶

#WhyWeOrganize
#PoorPeoplesCampaign

Which side are you on?

@Starbucks, get on the justice side.

This movement has grown to 120 Starbucks locations organizing to unionize. I’m calling on faith leaders in this city and across the country to stand with them. #Solidarity #WhyWeOrganize #PoorPeoplesCampaign

Some new chants:

What’s disgusting?
Union busting!

Memphis 7 -
Reinstate them!

No union,
No coffee!

#WhyWeOrganize

🎶 Get up, stand up!
Stand up for your rights! 🎶

#WhyWeOrganize
#PoorPeoplesCampaign

Starbucks calls these workers “partners,” but they treat them like problems. The #Memphis7 were fired by Starbucks, but thank God they were hired by the movement. #WhyWeOrganize #PoorPeoplesCampaign

The same people who fight against labor rights are the same people fighting against voting rights, civil rights, healthcare, LGBTQ rights, etc. We have to see that it’s all the same fight.

38% of people in Tennessee are poor or low-income—a total of 2.5 million residents. This includes 52% of children (769K), 44% of women (1.5 million), 58% of Black people (631K), 66% of Latinx people (263K), and 37% of White people (1.8 million).

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We’re here today to beat witness to these Memphis workers and say to them, you are not alone. You will not stand alone.

Plan now to join us in Washington, D.C., on June 18 for the Mass Poor People’s & Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly & #MoralMarch on Washington & #ToThePolls! #PoorPeoplesCampaign

RSVP online now: poorpeoplescampaign.org/june18?source=…