New York Says $15 and a Union on 4/15
On April 15th Low-wage workers in NYC and more than 200 cities across the
country and more world wide held the biggest-yet day of action in their Fight
for $15 campaign . What started with fast food workers in NYC on Nov. 2012
has spread to home care and child care workers, retail, adjunct professors,
and more, with ever-growing numbers of participants. and scattered reports
of stores closed by the strike, at least temporarily. This organizing comes
against a backdrop of stagnating wages, chronic unemployment. and
underemployment. As many as half of workers in some low-wage industries
are receiving some form of public assistance. Workers tell stories of
struggling to pay rent and arrange child care, and even face sleep inequality.
And the organizing is having an effect. Walmart and McDonald's and other
major chains recently announced wage increases are due to pressure from
workers and in an effort to shut down further organizing. But workers
participation on the April 15th actions proves that they are continuing to
organize in increasing numbners and arenas of struggle..
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