“We know that change doesn’t happen when you’re comfortable. Change happens when you’re agitated. Change happens when you can’t take it anymore. This is the time for change. This is a time for us to come together, devise a plan and develop a strategy.”
“A continuous wave of racism, sexism is integrating into how we pay people,” said Christina Nunez, the president of the National Organization for Women.
“There should be no place in the United States where a tipped wage worker is making $3.63 an hour,” she said. “You can’t even buy a loaf of bread with that.”
“I wish it was done sooner because it’s so important,” said Christian F. Nunes, leader of the National Organization for Women. “The fact that it’s getting done now is more important than the fact that it took long, but we can’t continue to delay women’s protections and equal rights in this country.” Christian F. Nunes, National NOW President
“NOW has always been involved in this fight, will continue to be involved in this fight, if that means signing on to different litigation to make sure that women’s rights are protected and published into the Constitution, we will do that as well.”