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# Help Guitar Center Workers Earn A Living Wage
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/help-guitar-center-workers-earn-a-living-wage/
- Published: 2013-04-12T12:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2013-04-12T12:30:00.000Z
- Description: Guitar Center workers, who say their hourly wage and commission structure has been slashed since investment firm Bain Capital took over he company several years ago have take the first. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/04/help-guitar-center-workers-earn-a-living-wage.html]
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Guitar Center workers, who say their hourly wage and commission structure has been slashed since investment firm Bain Capital took over he company several years ago have take the first steps to organize a union. An online petition of support has been launched and artists and industry figures Tom Morello, Steve Earle, Ted Leo and Sergio Vega have already signed on.

**Get Involved:**  

Petition Statement  
We work at Guitar Center stores throughout  
New York City, and we love music and our jobs. But since Bain Capital  
bought the company, our commissions have been cut, and many of us barely  
make more than minimum wage or receive paid sick days or vacations.  
That's why we've united for better conditions, and we need your help.[sign here](http://signon.org/sign/bain-capital-let-guitar-2?ref=hypebot.com)