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This Restaurant Pays A $15 Hourly Wage With Health Insurance, A Retirement Plan And Paid Leave

Posted on June 12, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Bryce Covert   Jen Piallat, the owner of Zazie in San Francisco, knows what it’s like to work in the American restaurant industry. “I worked on the restaurant floor for 30 years before I owned my own,” she said. … Continue reading →

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Minimum wage protesters demand $15 an hour at McDonald’s headquarters

Posted on May 21, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Tanja Babich Protestors dispersed before 10 a.m. Thursday after a peaceful, but loud rally outside McDonald’s corporate headquarters in Oak Brook, Ill. Douglas Hunter, who works at a McDonald’s in Austin, has pumped up the crowd at dozens of … Continue reading →

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L.A. Becomes the Largest City to Boost Minimum Wage

Posted on May 20, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Bourree Lam Tuesday’s vote to raise Los Angeles’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020 is being called “the most significant victory so far” in the push to increase the minimum wage nationally. The City Council passed the … Continue reading →

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How Raising The Minimum Wage To $15 Changed These Workers’ Lives

Posted on May 4, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Dave Jamieson In late 2013, voters in this airport town outside Seattle narrowly approved a groundbreaking measure setting a minimum wage of $15 per hour for certain workers. When the new law went into effect last year, Sammi Babakrkhil … Continue reading →

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Home Health Workers Are an Invisible Force in the ‘Fight for $15’ Movement

Posted on April 16, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Nigel Roberts Labor forces are planning the largest rally in decades—their latest effort in an uprising against low wages. On April 15 these workers will join their voices to demand a $15-per-hour living wage from rich industries that they … Continue reading →

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Why We Must Fight for 15 and a Union

Posted on April 16, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Angel Rivera My name is Angel Rivera. Like the Fight for 15 workers who are protesting across the country today, I know what it’s like to work hard, but be unable to get by because of poverty wages and … Continue reading →

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The Real Reason Walmart U-Turned on Wages

Posted on March 13, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Curt Hopkins Retail powerhouse Walmart prides itself on providing customers with “everyday low prices.” But labor experts believe the retail giant scored itself a public relations bargain with a much-publicized but less-than-generous pay increase for some of its workers. … Continue reading →

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Big Fast Food Opposes Seattle’s $15 Minimum Wage

Posted on March 11, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Ned Resnikoff A federal judge in Seattle heard arguments Tuesday in a lawsuit challenging the city’s $15 minimum wage on constitutional grounds. The International Franchise Association (IFA) — an industry group representing both small franchisees and powerful franchisors such … Continue reading →

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Minimum wage fight erupts: Landmark $15/hr. wage sparks legal showdown

Posted on January 6, 2014 by The Soul Brother

By Josh Eidelson Following a county judge’s ruling dramatically narrowing the scope of an airport town’s landmark $15 wage law, labor groups plan to take their case to the Washington state Supreme Court. “The legal issue in front of the … Continue reading →

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Raising The Minimum Wage To $10.10 Would Boost Growth By $22 Billion

Posted on December 20, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Bryce Covert Raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour by 2016 would increases wages by $35 billion, and the resulting increase in consumer spending would mean a GDP boost of $22.1 billion, which would support about 85,000 new … Continue reading →

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