The Fight for $15

June 15, 2023

Tidbits – June 15, 2023 – Reader Comments: Trump Indictment; Killing Blacks a Growth Industry; David Byrne Relents; Readers Respond: “People’s Media” Network; 10 Years of Fight for $15; Eddie Kay Way-Street Naming Ceremony; Cartoons; More

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Reader Comments: Trump Indictment; Killing Blacks a Growth Industry; David Byrne Relents-Musical to Have Live Orchestra; Readers Respond: “People’s Media” Network; Crypto Currency; 10 Years of Fight for $15; Eddie Kay Way-Street Naming Ceremony; more

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January 30, 2023

Picket Crosses Worker Lines

Hanna Raskin The Food Section

The newly formed Union of Southern Service Workers holds its first strike.

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August 29, 2022

Voices: Southern Workers Are Teaching Each Other How To Organize

Taiwanna Milligan Facing South

Raise Up — the Southern branch of Fight for $15 and a Union —held Worker Power Trainings across the South this summer to give workers a chance to learn from each other and get the basic tools to start talking to their coworkers.

December 5, 2021

Can Seattle’s Minimum Wage Crusader Survive Her Recall Election?

Andrew Schwartz The New Republic

Kshama Sawant brought an uncommon passion to a successful stint on the City Council. It may now be her undoing.

July 12, 2021

Child Care Should Be Universal and Well-Paid — Not Just Affordable

Michelle Chen Truthout

“We have a system that places far too high a burden on families paying for the high price of care, and for providers to operate on very, very thin margins, so they can keep their doors open and meet the needs of families.”

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February 26, 2021

"I'm Sorry," Says Ro Khanna, "An Unelected Parliamentarian Does Not Get to Deprive 32 Million Americans the Raise They Deserve."

Jon Queally Common Dreams

Sen. Bernie Sanders also denounced the guidance, lamenting that "archaic and undemocratic rules of the Senate" are now standing in the way of ending "starvation wages in this country."

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June 10, 2019

How We Won a $15 Minimum Wage and More

Liza Featherstone Jacobin

It’s been five years since Seattle’s landmark $15 minimum wage law. It not only helped workers — it raised their expectations about what's possible and what they deserve.

February 11, 2018

Justice in the Factory: How Black Lives Matter Breathed New Life into Unions

Mike Elk The Guardian

As Black Lives Matter and other social justice campaigns focus more on economic inequality, unions see an opportunity

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January 25, 2017

SEIU PRESIDENT ON DONALD TRUMP AND THE ‘FIGHT FOR $15’ MOVEMENT

Emily Cardei Newsweek

The Service Employee International Union, along with other public sector and service industry unions, was not invited to President Trump's meeting with certain union leaders. Its President Mary Kay Henry expects to be hit hard by Trump's cuts. She hopes by expanding the Fight for $15 campaign support for unions will broaden.

January 22, 2015

Tidbits - January 22, 2015 - Iran War Demand; Martin Luther King; Social Security & Disability cuts, more...

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Reader Comments- Jobs and Higher Wages; Boehner, Netanyahu, Israel, Iran; Martin Luter King - radical anti-capitalist; Charlie Hebdo - racism, nationalism, free speech; Broken Criminal Justice system; Social Security, Disability; Erosion of Collective Bargaining = Income Inequality; Podemos; Solidarity Forever; Selma; Guantanamo protest; Roe v. Wade Anniversary; Announcements- Forums- Ending the Embargo of Cuba; After The Greek Elections; March Delegation to Venezuela

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