Thousands of workers across America marched on restaurants and offices to protest Andrew Puzder, Trump’s nominee for Labor Secretary. Puzder is the the CEO of CKE Restaurants, and his companies, Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr., are known for their anti-worker policies and practices. The Fight for $15 is watching and won’t let him and his approach… Read more →

Trump wants America to ignore why fast-food CEO Andy Puzder is a disastrous pick for Secretary of Labor. He’s hoping you forget the MANY abuses under Puzder’s watch at Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr — sexual harassment, stolen wages, safety violations. Forget that he once said “ugly women don’t sell burgers” — and even called his… Read more →

In anticipation of the Senate confirmation hearing on the nomination of fast-food CEO Andy Puzder for Secretary of Labor, cashiers and cooks at Puzder’s restaurants announced two dozen complaints filed with state and federal agencies. Workers are fighting back on wage theft, sexual harassment, and unfair labor practices. In Los Angeles, Angel Gallegos, a Carl’s… Read more →

Instead of taking on the rigged economy, it seems like Donald Trump wants to rig it up even more. By picking Andrew Puzder for labor secretary, Trump made it pretty clear – the next four years are going to be about low pay, wage theft, sexual harassment, and racial discrimination. Puzder, CEO of Hardee’s and… Read more →

“When the ‘Fight for $15’ movement to bring about a fifteen-dollar-an-hour minimum wage got started, four years ago, it seemed like a thoroughly quixotic quest…‘Fight for $15’ doesn’t seem so quixotic anymore.” – The New Yorker As you can read in that quote — it’s astonishing how far our movement has come and what huge… Read more →

In 2016, we won wage increases in more states and cities, for more American workers, than ever before. At the same time, as we all know, the fight for justice saw major setbacks this past year. We can’t ignore it. But we must also remember just how much this movement, this Fight for $15, won… Read more →

On November 29th, we said it loud, we said it clear: We won’t back down. 340 cities across the country, we put it all on the line – and hundreds of us were arrested. In cities like Detroit, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Kansas City, where over 100 people were arrested. Minneapolis, where protesters in wheelchairs… Read more →

Newly-elected politicians and newly-empowered corporate special interests are pushing an extremist agenda to move the country to the right — That’s why we’re taking to the streets on November 29th — our four-year-old Fight for $15 will not back down! Any efforts to block wage increases, gut workers’ rights or healthcare, deport immigrants, or support… Read more →

Four years ago in New York City, fast-food workers went on strike for higher wages and union rights. People called us crazy and hopeless. Well today we’ve won raises for 22 million hard-working Americans, and transformed how we talk about work and wages in this country. Together, we kickstarted this movement for good pay for… Read more →

This election is about us – the 64 million people who simply are paid too little to live. It’s why we never stop fighting. Look at the map. It shows how many people make less than $15 in each state. In many states, like the key swing state of Florida, over HALF of all workers… Read more →