If Trump indeed tanks your 401(k) to make himself and his friends even richer, the opposition party should make that the centerpiece of their attack heading into next year’s election.
Fight for $15
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Social Movements Converge on April 4 Anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Assassination
The Fight for $15 and the Movement for Black Lives will take to the streets nationwide April 4 in a two-dozen-city “Fight Racism, Raise Pay” protest.
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Japan Builds a Fight For $15 Movement of Its Own
On a recent Sunday afternoon, some 400 protesters — comprised of workers, students and retirees — poured into the streets of Tokyo’s bustling commercial center to demand a living wage, modeled on the U.S. Fight for $15.
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As Trump Comes Into Focus, So Do Our Tasks
The potential for people working together in solidarity will grow and the long-term impact of the Trump era could be a mass movement that will change the political culture in the United States.
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Scores arrested in first 'Fight for $15' protest since Trump win
Scores of demonstrators were arrested on Tuesday as U.S. fast-food and airport workers led nationwide protests for higher pay and union rights in their first major action since Donald Trump was elected president.
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The Real Living Wage? $17.28 An Hour – At Least
In almost every state, a worker needs more than $15 an hour to make ends meet. Add in student debt, and the minimum living wage shoots up to $18.67 an hour nationally.
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Inequality Is Still the Defining Issue of Our Time
Fierce battles over trade, labor rights and executive compensation will determine whether we can really narrow the gap.
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5 Years After Zuccotti Park, Occupy Movement Is Driving America's Political Change
The next time someone says the Occupy movement is dead, ask them this: “Do you really think serious activists for social and economic justice were going to spend the rest of their lives living in tents in parks?”
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California's $15 Minimum Wage Earthquake
Workers, more than half of them women and Latinos, will receive on average one quarter more in wages, or about $3,700 per year adjusted for inflation.
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Minimum Wage Momentum Nationwide Continues to Surge
Wages hit $15 from D.C. to Silicon Valley and a new analysis points to the working class’s multicultural future.
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The Afterbern: “He’s Not Moving A Party to the Left – He's Moving A Generation to the Left”
Without Occupy, Black Lives Matter, the Fight for $15, the mobilization of teachers and nurses, immigrant movements, and many other struggles, there would never have been a Bernie Sanders campaign.
