Not exact matches
Today marks four years since since the labor movement known as the Fight
for $ 15 launched, and American
fast -
food employees and other hourly
workers are continuing to push
for a
living wage.
The union has been at the forefront of a global campaign
for Fast Food Workers Rights which calls
for a
living wage http://fastfoodrights.wordpress.com/
Receiving honors
for the fight
for a
living wage for all
workers will be Shantel Walker, on behalf of
Fast Food Forward.
Two board members, Buffalo mayor Byron Brown and SEIU secretary treasurer Mike Fishman, heard testimony from
workers, labor leaders, business owners and academics mostly decrying the working and
living conditions of minimum
wage fast food workers and endorsing economic theories bolstering the case
for a substantial increase in the minimum
wage.
«The staff at Nebraskaland joins
fast -
food workers as well as state and SUNY employees who experience the transformative impact of a
living wage, and I commend the company
for leading by example.»