As reported by the Associated Press, McDonald’s workers in the Fight for $15 and a Union movement are going on strike Thursday, May 23. Presidential candidates Cory Booker, Julián Castro, & Jay Inslee will join #FightFor15 workers the strike lines at events across the country. Bernie Sanders will host a video town hall with McDonald’s… Read more →

BREAKING: The Connecticut House of Representatives just passed a bill to raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour! After years of relentless organizing by workers and allies, Connecticut is now one step closer to becoming the seventh state to raise the minimum wage to $15. The passage of this bill would put an… Read more →

We’re fired up by the workers over at Google – the so-called “shadow workforce” of temporary and contracted employees just landed a major victory. Google now requires a $15 minimum wage and basic benefits like comprehensive health care coverage and 12 weeks of parental leave for ALL workers. This comes after more than 900 full-time… Read more →

BREAKING: Maryland is now officially the 6th state to pass the $15 minimum wage! In a 35-12 vote, the Maryland Senate joined the House in overriding Governor Larry Hogan’s veto to adopt a $15 minimum wage. This bill will affect more than half a million Marylanders, and is a major step towards breaking generational poverty… Read more →

Our movement is truly global! German fast-food workers held an inspiring meeting in Ulm recently to fight for fair wages and union rights.

On Tuesday, fast food workers in the #MeToo movement confronted McDonald’s chief communicator Robert Gibbs during a speech in Washington and demanded meaningful action on the company’s promise to address sexual harassment. 10 brave employees from across the country stood in silence while the former White House press secretary, Gibbs, spoke, calling attention to the… Read more →

We just won $15 in Illinois. It’s the fifth state to win $15 and the first midwestern state ever. They once laughed at us for fighting for $15. Now more than 1 in 5 workers is covered by a $15 minimum wage, and 22 million workers have won $68 billion in raises since our movement… Read more →

On Monday, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed a $15 minimum wage into law statewide. Now over 1,000,000 New Jersey workers will join workers in California, New York, Massachusetts, and Washington D.C. on their way to making enough to feed their families and pay their bills — with workers in other states sure to follow. This… Read more →

Dozens of McDonald’s employees went on strike Tuesday morning to protest unsafe working conditions after a young employee was violently assaulted by a customer. Workers gathered at the St. Petersburg, FL McDonald’s where Yasmine James was attacked on New Years Eve in an altercation which has since gone viral. Their message was loud and clear… Read more →

2018 was a HUGE year for the Fight for $15. We marched, we protested, we went on strike, we called our reps – and we never stopped fighting.   Because of that, we’re ending the year with three HUGE victories: In North Carolina, UNC health care announced that all of its employees will make at… Read more →