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Organizing Power: Fight for $15 To Join Chicago Teachers Union In April 1 Strike
This Friday will be the first time fast-food workers strike at the same time as teachers, as the Fight for $15 movement teams up with the Chicago Teachers Union in a one-day walk-out.
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Fast Food Workers Strike Over Low Wages In Nationwide Protests
Thousands of low wage workers went on strike across 100 cities through the day, including Boston, Detroit, New York, Oakland, Los Angeles and St. Louis, signaling the growing clamor for action on income equality.
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"Fight for 15" Strikes Demand Higher Pay
Nationwide "Fight for 15" strikes calling for higher pay have spurred a debate over what constitutes a living wage and helped shift the labor movement toward direct action.
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Hedges: The Sparks of Rebellion
With the decimation of U.S. manufacturing along with the dismantling of our unions and opposition parties, we will have to search for different instruments of rebellion.
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California's Governor Brown Signs Bill Raising Minimum Wage to $10 Per Hour
Calling it a "matter of justice," Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill that will raise California's minimum wage to $10 an hour within three years, giving the state one of the highest rates in the nation.
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What’s the Real Cost of Your Cheap Fast Food?
The workers joining the nationwide fast food strike are our neighbors, friends, fellow citizens. But their strike is not just about their plight. It is about all of us, and the kind of country we want to live in.
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Striking "For Our Dignity," U.S. Fast Food Workers Prepare to Walk Off August 29
“How am I supposed to realize the American Dream when I don’t even make enough to buy food?" said 22-year-old Dunkin' Donuts employee Meghan Forde, as fast food workers geared up for Thursday's nationwide strike.
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"We Can't Survive on $7.25": Fast Food Workers Are Striking For a Living Wage
From St. Louis to New York, fast food workers took to the streets this week to demand a $15 wage and the right to unionize.
