Poverty-wage workers name Alaska CEO Brad Tilden as $15 movement's "Person of the Year"
Airline executive honored for accidentally inspiring workers in SeaTac, Seattle, and beyond to fight for $15
Read MoreSeaTac won $15, but Alaska Airlines and their corporate cronies sued to block its full implementation. Sea-Tac Airport workers are fighting back.
Sylvia is a homecare worker who came out in support of fast food workers fighting for $15. She needs $15 too.
"This winter I've chosen to do without a room and a bed for another year so that my son can have Christmas."
Find out what you would have to make to afford the median rental price in your town using the interactive map in this article from Zillow. It's probably higher than you think.
Jordan works at Popeye's. He went out on strike for $15 and the right to organize!
Bellevue fast food workers meet with mayor
Thank you to Bellevue Mayor Claudia Balducci, who recently took the time to hear from several local fast food workers.
Read MoreDec. 4, 2014: “I run out of money before I run out of month.”
Starting before dawn and going long after dusk on Thursday, December 4, workers in almost 200 American cities walked out on strike demanding $15 an hour and the right to organize without retaliation. From New York to the Pacific Northwest, thousands of workers from fast food restaurants, convenience and dollar stores, and the home care and airport industries came together to challenge their poverty wage employers to do better.
Here in Washington State, where the fight for $15 has already been successful in SeaTac and Seattle, a day of rolling fast food strikes ended with a raucous demonstration outside an Olympia Olive Garden.
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