Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield will join dozens of Vermont legislators and community members tomorrow to call for the passage of H208 the Earned Sick Days Bill and to urge legislators to raise the minimum wage to a livable wage. Ben and Jerry will also be scooping free ice cream to everyone in the building.
“We thought about coming up with a new flavor 'Raisin Up Vermont,' but based on popular demand we are bringing some favorite flavors and hoping to have lots of good conversations with people about how we can raise up Vermont so it works for everybody,” said Jerry Greenfield.
WHEN: Tuesday, March 18 at 1 pm Ice cream at 12:30 pm in cafeteria
WHERE:Cedar Creek Room at the State House. (Ice cream in cafeteria)
WHO:
Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream
State Senator Philip Baruth, (D-Chittenden County) Senate Majority Leader
State Representative Mary Hooper, (D-Montpelier) Vermont Legislature’s Women’s Caucus
Daniel Barlow, Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility (VBSR)
Shelley Martin, Vermont State Employees Union
The group and other supporters plan to deliver thousands of constituent letters to the Governor’s office to demonstrate the strong majority of people who support this legislation and to urge elected officials to stand with their constituents and this broad coalition, not with corporate lobbyists.