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15
Now was launched in January of 2014 by Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant
and her organization Socialist Alternative with the support of unions, community
organizations and low-wage workers. Within six months our grassroots campaign
won a historic victory in Seattle, raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour. The
first major city in the US to do so!
The
victory of the campaign in Seattle marks a major turning point for working
people. During a time when workers and unions are on the defensive from a
seemingly unstoppable attack from big business, working people stood up to
corporate power and won an estimated $3 billion wage increase for the lowest
paid workers over the next 10 years, lifting 25% of the workforce in Seattle out
of poverty. the message is clear: we can take on big business and
win!
15
Now is an open grassroots organization that anyone can join who wants to help
organize working people into a mass movement to win a $15 an hour minimum
wage.
With
over 30 chapters, 15 Now is spreading across the country like a prairie fire.
From putting $15 on the ballot in Boston to pushing efforts forward in Chicago,
the Bay Area, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, and New York City -15 Now is a leading
force in the struggle against the great scourge of our time -
inequality!
Contact
us:
Facebook.com/15NowNewEngland
910-639-3948
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