Huge victory in Washington DC — the city council has passed a $15 minimum wage for all workers and the mayor has given the law her blessing. This is yet another win for the Fight for $15, adding to wins from Seattle to New York to California. We stood as one, fought hard, and yet… Read more →

“I never thought I’d go on strike and march against my employer — much less sleep in a tent outside company headquarters. But I’m doing it because I simply can’t make ends meet, even though I work hard. I get paid just $8.25 per hour. That’s so low that the only bill I can pay… Read more →

Thousands of marchers are converging on McDonald’s headquarters today to protest — McDonald’s profits keep growing while their workers get left behind! 10,000 workers with the Fight for $15 are taking their message to McDonald’s door because full-time workers should NEVER need food stamps and other assistance to get by. People across the country are… Read more →

“We Work, We Sweat, Put $15 on Our Check!” rang out across Chicago today as fast-food cooks and cashiers went on strike and closed down downtown Chicago’s Rock N Roll McDonald’s during the busy lunch hour. Workers will keep the fight going into the night, with 10,000 people marching on McDonald’s headquarters ahead of their… Read more →

McDonald’s cooks and cashiers are staging the largest-ever protest to hit the shareholder meeting — they’re telling anyone who’ll listen: $15/hour and union rights nationwide are long overdue. McDonald’s profits keep growing while their workers struggle — so 10,000 workers with the Fight for $15 are making it clear to McDonald’s leaders: the time is… Read more →

It’s almost impossible to eke out a decent living when you’re paid $7.25 an hour. Bills. Food. Rent. Costs add up immediately. This series of pieces from NPR does a great job showing just how hard it is get by for the 64 million Americans making less than $15 an hour. “It’s not living, it’s… Read more →

Opponents of raising the minimum wage love to crow about how raising the pay for working Americans would cost the economy jobs. Surprise, surprise — another new study shows that they’re just plain wrong. “The fact that jobs usually go up, not down, after a minimum wage increase reveals how predictions that raises will cost… Read more →

Last month, in a special one-day session, the Republican government in NC rammed through a bill to block cities from protecting LGBT people from discrimination. And in the 11th hour, they directly attacked the Fight for $15 by tacking on a rule to stop individual cities from raising minimum wages for hardworking North Carolinians. On… Read more →

April 14 was a momentous day. Coming off of the biggest month in Fight for $15 history, with New York State and California officially moving to $15 an hour, and 10 million minimum wage workers getting BIG raises to $15 across the country, the Fight for $15 made one thing clear. WE WON’T STOP UNTIL… Read more →

Tens of thousands of workers are preparing to make this Thursday, April 14th the biggest Fight for $15 strike day of all time. Actions and strikes will kick off in hundreds cities across the world, as workers unite to claim what they deserve — $15 an hour and union rights. We all know that McJobs… Read more →