The Fight for $15 is revving up and the community calls upon you to help organize your peers to support low-wage workers. Your student power is needed to support worker power! Learn how to help organize in YOUR community around the national day of action for the Fight for $15…
Valentine’s Day demonstration planned at Boston’s South Bay Center to protest low wages DORCHESTER, MA – On Saturday at 1:30 p.m., workers and advocates will be conducting an outreach blitz to workers and shoppers as part of a visibility action at one of Boston’s largest ‘big box store’ shopping centers…
This Valentine’s Day, join workers and advocates as we promote the Fight for $15 and show our appreciation for retail and restaurant workers. The minimum wage in Massachusetts just went up to $9/hour, but there is still more work to do before we reach a real living wage. So let’s…
Check out this study out of University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Political Economy Research Institute, showing that the Fast Food industry can pay a $15 an hour minimum wage and not lose any profits: Restaurants will be able to save money in hiring and training costs because their workers will stick…
Check out this article from The Boston Globe’s Katie Johnston, where she describes #WageAction and the #Fightfor15’s renewed struggle to win a real living wage and dignity for all workers in 2015, with actions on the 15th of every month. “It’s a community thing. The same way I know $15…
As of today, the minimum wage will increase by $1 to $9 an hour and then go up $1 per year until 2017, eventually reaching $11 an hour. However, there is much more work to be done. While this increase is a step forward, our struggle for a real living…
Boston Workers Support Nationwide Fast Food Strikes This past Friday, December 4th, fast food workers in 190 cities across the country went on strike, demanding $15 and a union without fear of reprisal. Look at this nation-wide recap! Here in Boston, adjuncts professors, homecare and transportation workers also turned out…
Massachusetts saw a series of Black Friday protests on November 28th, 2014 – including WalMart workers striking in solidarity with their coworkers across the country doing the same. Take a look at this article on Boston.com detailing the day’s events, including a special mention of #WageAction Coalition member Jobs With…
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