Right now, over 64 million people work at jobs paying poverty-level wages. That drags down wages for everyone who works while making a handful of CEOs very rich. We need elected officials who will listen to everyday working moms and dads, not just CEOs and billionaires. In the 2016 elections, we can make that happen by… Read more →

Underpaid workers on both coasts won major pay raises to $15/hour this month: Milwaukie, OR – The City Council in Milwaukie, Ore., unanimously approved a pay raise for all city workers to $15/hour. Mountain View and Berkeley, CA – Workers won $15/hour, following San Francisco, Sunnyvale, and Palo Alto. Pittsburgh, PA – Mayor Bill Peduto issued an executive order that will… Read more →

The Fight for $15 honors all veterans – including Derrell Odom, who received a Purple Heart serving our country in Iraq. Now, he struggles to provide for his son working for KFC. That’s why on November 10, he went ON STRIKE to #FightFor15.

Across the country, the new political push by the Fight for $15 is dominating headlines. Arguing that $15 and union rights have become winning political issues, The New York Times wrote, “It is also increasingly clear that Republicans reject those demands at their own electoral peril.” The Nation reported that, “The strikers forced the wage issue onto the… Read more →

On November 10 we took over the streets in 500 cities across the country. Tens of thousands of us – fast-food, airport, child care, home care and so many more underpaid workers brought the #FightFor15 – and we brought it HARD. Check out all the best photos from around the country from yesterday’s strikes and… Read more →

Next Tuesday, Nov. 10, fast food workers are launching the biggest-ever nationwide strike for $15 and union rights. Tens of thousands will join protests right along side them. We need you there – RSVP Today!

Nearly half of all workers across the country make less than $15 an hour, including moms like Marianne Raney. She lives in Miami, where a worker making minimum wage has to work 79 hours a week just to afford rent on a two bedroom apartment.

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Chrisanna Capshaw is a mom – with a full-time job at Subway in North Carolina. She works hard to support her two kids, but at just $8 an hour, it’s simply not enough to get by. So Chrisanna is fighting back. Watch her powerful testimony for $15 and union rights now:

Fast-food worker and Fight for $15 leader Terrence Wise introduced President Obama yesterday at the White House Summit on Worker Voice. Terrence brought the crowd to their feet with his story of why $15 and union rights are so important for all working people. Watch now – and get ready to be inspired.

As Pope Francis began his first US visit Wednesday, he was greeted by child care, home care, and fast-food workers who are part of the Fight for $15. Adriana Alvarez, McDonald’s worker and Fight for $15 leader, noted the similarities between the Fight for $15 and the Pope’s teachings: “The Fight for $15 is about… Read more →