Support for the $15 Minimum Wage − Solidarity with the Fast Food Workers!
Fast food workers’ nationwide strikes, walkouts, and protests have accelerated the push for raising the federal minimum wage to a $15 national level. The highly visible protests on December 5th, 2013...
View ArticleUsing Ballot Initiatives to Build Power: Two Different Approaches
In numerous states, counties and cities, union and community organizers are considering ballot initiatives for November. Whether they are facing a fight against corporate-backed initiatives that will...
View ArticleSan Francisco Rides the $15 Wave
It seems that Seattle has officially passed the $15 baton to San Francisco, and they’re running with it. On May 10th San Francisco had its first public organizing meeting to prepare for a ballot...
View ArticleThe Strategic Significance of the Fight for $15
The fight for $15, a movement that started two years ago with a walkout of fast food workers in New York, has been gaining momentum ever since. In early December 2014, workers staged one-day strikes in...
View ArticleWhat the AFL-CIO Did Not Say About Raising Wages
On January 7, 2015 the AFL-CIO, in what might be a desperate attempt to seem politically relevant to the labor movement, staged a “National Summit on Raising Wages,” featuring Senator Elizabeth Warren...
View ArticleOregon Unions Rally for a $15 Minimum Wage
Hundreds rallied on January 24th at Oregon’s capitol building to demand a statewide $15 minimum wage. The rally marked the beginning of the statewide campaign, which has already earned support from...
View ArticleMayor’s Proposal for $15 is Big Step Forward, But Leaves Out Majority of...
Republished from 15 Now PDX. In Portland, Oregon, a mostly-volunteer led group is working with labor unions across the state in a campaign for a statewide $15 minimum wage. The group is simultaneously...
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Fight “Right to Work” in Oregon With “$15 and a Union”
In Oregon Democrats dominate all branches of politics. Yet the labor unions are still terrified. There is justifiable dread that anti-union “Right to Work” laws will be purchased into existence by...
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How a $15 Minimum Helps All Workers
Giant corporations and the wealthy are naturally united in their hatred of the $15 minimum wage. Surprising, however, is the strong opposition sometimes encountered by workers who make barely above $15...
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AFL-CIO Endorses $15 Ballot Measure
Originally published on the Oregonians for 15 website on October 26, 2015 After rigorous debate, Oregon’s largest labor federation voted to support Oregonians for 15, the campaign to raise the...
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The Organized Left and the Death of “Pragmatic” Politics
Shifting political winds are battering the establishment, as the breeze flows to the back of the populists. The left-populist Bernie Sanders didn’t conjure the hurricane but adjusted his sails to it....
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