Abina Alberta: How workers are winning $15 an hour: by acting like a union | Mary Kay Henry

Abina Alberta

How workers are winning $15 an hour: by acting like a union | Mary Kay Henry Jan 17th 2019, 13:30, by Vanessa Angel Legislation to raise the federal minimum wage is a direct response to activists raising their voices in unison When members of Congress introduced legislation this week raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, it was in direct response to demands from people like Frances Holmes, a 55-year-old McDonald's worker from St. Louis who is paid just $9 an hour. Frances is one of thousands of workers in the Fight for $15 movement who, for the past six years, organized, protested and went on strike demanding $15 an hour and the right to join a union. Frances and her co-workers shined a light on a moral crisis in the American economy: millions of people work hard but don't get paid enough by big corporations like McDonald's to provide for their families. Continue reading... from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2CqPcEh

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