Fast-Food Workers Fight for a Raise and Create a Movement

Angela B. Cornell and Cornell Library

No 8yh5t, LawRxiv from Center for Open Science

Abstract: 16 ADAPT International Bulletin (2014) Last Tuesday’s midterm election in the United States confirmed the saliency of the “Fight for 15,” the nation-wide struggle to raise the minimum wage propelled by fast-food workers. Even as the nation took a turn to the Right, permitting the Republicans to take over both chambers of Congress, ballot initiatives that passed resoundingly ushered in minimum wage increases in Alaska, South Dakota and Arkansas. Illinois and Wisconsin voters likewise approved increases in their states’ minimum wage in non-binding votes. Initiatives at the municipal level were also successful, the highest of which was San Francisco, requiring $15 an hour by 2018, more than doubling the federal minimum of $7.25. In June, Seattle increased the minimum wage to the $15 level as well.

Date: 2018-01-09
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