05/18/2022
Powerful words spoken at Thursday’s Vote No rally in NYC by Rev. Schuyler Vogel, Senior Minister at !
“No religion speaks well of those who hoard wealth, who deprive their fellow human beings of dignity and safety. Jesus did not say blessed are the rich, he did not say blessed are the corporations, he did not say blessed are those who make their fortunes from the honest labor of working people. He threw out the money lenders from the temple. The prophets of Israel rallied against corruption and the sins of the rich. The Buddha left his privileged life to seek enlightenment, knowing full well that wisdom lied elsewhere.
Let this be a moment of understanding – that to sacrifice workers and their well-being for profit is a sin. That the corporation led by Nelson Peltz is committing this sin by refusing to sign the Fair Food Program, an agreement that all of its peers – hardly paragons of virtue themselves—have signed on to.
Let us understand: profits gained through people’s pain is blood money. There is no moral or spiritual way to justify what Wendy’s has done and continued to do. The people up in their silver towers are not better or more valuable than those down here. The people up there are not more worthy of safety and dignity and a living wage and healthcare than those down here.”
