Friday, January 30, 2015

Tue, Jan 27, 2015 12:04 PM
New
Poll Shows 63% Support a $15/hour
Federal
Minimum Wage!
"If there is no struggle, there is no progress." - Frederick Douglass, 1857
 
In
the wake of Seattle and San Francisco passing minimum wage ordinances for $15 in
2014, and successful minimum wage ballot initiatives last November, a new poll
conducted by Hart Research Associates

shows
63%
of respondents support raising the federal minimum wage to $15
.
The Hart poll shows that, in two short years, strike action and protest by
low-wage workers, combined with major victories has dramatically changed public
opinion.  Low-wage workers have pushed public opinion past President Obama's
2014 proposal for $10.10, and have set the national target of $15 minimum wage
in 2015.

 
Other
highlights from the poll:
 
  • 75%
    support $12.50 by 2020
  • 71%
    support elimination of the tip penalty (which disproportionately affects
    women)
  • 82%
    support indexing wage to inflation

If
implemented, these changes would have a dramatic effect on the lives of low-wage
workers nationwide, raising millions out of poverty.
 

Opposition
doomsday arguments are crumbling as well.

A recent University of Massachusetts study
concluded
that

fast-food giants like McDonalds could raise wages to $15 without shedding
jobs
,
which flies in the face of the National Re
staurant Association
claims that,"$15 would clearly jeopardize opportunities for existing and
prospective employees." (
Aljazeera 1/23)

 
Thousands
of fast-food workers have taken to the streets over the past two years demanding
$15 and a union, and home healthcare, retail, and airport workers across the
country have now joined in the fight for $15/hour.
Now
is the time to get involved to win $15 in all 50 states!
 
Get
involved with 15 Now today, Donate, Join the struggle for $15 in all
50!

 
 -Solidarity,
15 Now Team

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