CITY COLLEGE DAY OF ACTION

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15th at 3pm

138th STREET & CONVENT AVE

Join us in front of the administration building at City College for our day of action in solidarity with protests internationally for low wage workers. Students and youth all over New York City are rising up to show that we are united, powerful, and ready to fight economic injustice.

The students believe that the minimum wage should be increased to $15 an hour, and that workers should have the right to unionize without retribution. Students are disproportionately affected by wealth inequality and a lack of social mobility. CUNY students are told that public college is an affordable option, yet many are still dropping out due to tuition hikes, cuts to social assistance programs like TAP and PELL and increasing student loan interest rates. Programs like childcare,emergency scholarships, and counseling services, which were once accessible, are…