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After a brief press conference to a group of TV cameras, we marched from the McDonald’s on Madison down to the I-90 lid. We gathered there hearing from workers who declared that I-90 will now be known as WA-$15. “I’m on strike because minimum wage i… — After a brief press conference to a group of TV cameras, we marched from the McDonald’s on Madison down to the I-90 lid. We gathered there hearing from workers who declared that I-90 will now be known as WA-$15. “I’m on strike because minimum wage isn’t enough,” Suzanne said. “I want $15 so that I can take my kids to Wild Waves. They’ve never been there; we can’t afford it. I always have to tell them no and I don’t want to do that anymore. It’s not right. They are making all this money and they pay us so little I can’t even treat my kids once in a while. This needs to change.”

“At the end of the day, we are all people.”

Working Washington September 18, 2014

We marched over the bridge, where a boat was shadowing us waving WA-$15 signs, through Mercer Island, and ended in downtown Bellevue clocking in at nearly ten miles! — We marched over the bridge, where a boat was shadowing us waving WA-$15 signs, through Mercer Island, and ended in downtown Bellevue clocking in at nearly ten miles!

Narmi, who works at Wendy’s, was out on strike for $15 and the right to organize. He spoke to Univision and then fired us up yelling “Yo voy de huelga!” We answered back chanting, “I’m out on strike!” “Yo voy de huelga!” “I’m out on strike!” “Yo voy… — Narmi, who works at Wendy’s, was out on strike for $15 and the right to organize. He spoke to Univision and then fired us up yelling “Yo voy de huelga!” We answered back chanting, “I’m out on strike!” “Yo voy de huelga!” “I’m out on strike!” “Yo voy de huelga!” “I’m out on strike!”

Malcolm works at McDonald’s. He engaged in civil disobedience to defend and expand $15 because he doesn’t want to be defined just by his job. He’s more than that.“Too often we are seen as just workers,” he said. “We have on these uniforms. We look e… — Malcolm works at McDonald’s. He engaged in civil disobedience to defend and expand $15 because he doesn’t want to be defined just by his job. He’s more than that.
“Too often we are seen as just workers,” he said. “We have on these uniforms. We look exactly the same. But that’s not it. At the end of the day when we clock out we are all people. We deserve our dignity; I think that comes with a living wage. Fight for $15.”

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building a workers’ movement that has the power to raise wages, improve labor standards, and change the conversation about work and wealth

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