I'll be willing to
bet that all 70 protesters have voted both Mayor Buddy Dyer and Governor Rick
Scott into and back into office!
Both are still
raising money for their next run for office!
Protesters hit
streets to bring awareness to hunger, homeless in Orlando
Posted: 2:51 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 7, 2015
About 70 people took
to the streets to bring awareness to the fact that more than half of Orlando
residents live at one of the lowest income rates in the nation.
"In Orlando,
specifically, to bring attention to the fact that we are last place in wages as
a major American city. For 15 years, it's been this way, and it's getting
worse," said Grey.
"A lot of us
are hiding it.
It's really hard to
admit I am struggling financially when you have a job.
It's really
difficult," said struggling resident Mark Warmoth.
Orlando is at the
bottom of 50 major cities in America and has been for the past 15 years and
every year it is getting worse!
According to a U.S
Department of Labor study, workers in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford
Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average hourly wage of $19.33 in May 2014,
about 15 percent below the nationwide average of $22.71.
Protesters say they
hope the Labor Day march will lead government leaders to pay attention to the
working poor.
“There needs to be a
coalition of leaders in the community that are not afraid to admit that in the
most popular city in the world that we actually have some challenges when it
comes to the working poor and poverty,” said Eric Gray from Step Up Against
Poverty Orlando.
Gray says he and his
group do not have all the answers. He is hoping Monday’s effort will start a
dialogue that leads to a solution.
Orlando residents
protest minimum wage in Orange County
Published 6:14 PM
EST Dec 05, 2013
The minimum wage
issue is a hot topic in central Florida, where a third of the economy is
tourist-based with high percentage of low-wage jobs.
In Florida, the
minimum wage is $7.79 an hour.