The ‘Fight for $15’ movement focuses primarily on achieving a general rise in the lowest salaries to fifteen dollars (compared with the federal minimum of 7.25$). However the movement’s scope is getting broader as it attempts to gather together low paid workers from a vast array of industries as well as those “who believe we deserve better”. Next Wednesday April 15 (4/15, or “for $15”) organizers expect the international day of protest to rally some 60,000 from the U.S. and 35 other countries.
More than a year after Barack Obama declared his support for raising the federal minimum wage (c.f. article No. 8020 and No. 8178) absolutely nothing has progressed in Washington. A growing number of local authorities (c.f. article no.8703) as well as big names like Gap or Ikea (c.f. article No. 8481) and more recently retailer Walmart (c.f. article No. 8911) and fast food brand Mc. Donald’s have raised their minimum wages. The movement for a significant rise in wages for workers in the low...
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