Legislation to raise the federal minimum wage is a direct response to activists raising their voices in unison
When members of Congress introduced legislation this week raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, it was in direct response to demands from people like Frances Holmes, a 55-year-old McDonald’s worker from St. Louis who is paid just $9 an hour.
Frances is one of thousands of workers in the Fight for $15 movement who, for the past six years, organized, protested and went on strike demanding $15 an hour and the right to join a union. Frances and her co-workers shined a light on a moral crisis in the American economy: millions of people work hard but don’t get paid enough by big corporations like McDonald’s to provide for their families.
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