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Quantifying the Impact of the Fight for $15: $150 Billion in Raises for 26 Million Workers, With $76 Billion Going to Workers of Color We quantified the impact of the , and it's over $150 billion in raises for 26 million workers. $76 billion of that has gone to workers of color. It's time for Congress to catch up and .

A $15 minimum wage is being discussed nationally because of years of grassroots organizing by working-class people & fast-food worker strikes starting in 2012 . Watch City Councilmember Kshama Sawant talk with Krystal Ball about the movement of labor, community groups, and socialists, that made Seattle the first major city to pass a $15 minimum wage in 2014, & the launch of

Seattle's Kshama Sawant: How $15 Minimum Wage Spread Like WILDFIRE Kshama Sawant, Seattle City Council member, discusses why raising the minimum wage is important and what it will take to increase it nationally.About Rising:...

On this day in 2014, Seattle became the first major city to adopt a $15/hr minimum wage. This victory kicked off a series of similar victories across the country. A key role in this fight was played by Socialist Alternative and our City Councilmenber Kshama Sawant, who initiated the 15 Now campaign and fought back against the counter efforts of big businesses, the labor bureaucracy and the Democratic Party mayor and city council majority.

How Seattle Won $15 También en español The fight for a $15 an hour minimum wage is gaining further momentum. On April 1, Seattle´s low-wage workers will see the first rise thanks to the efforts of workers, labor, and 15 Now. Seattle is the first major city to implement a $15 an hour minimum wage, phased in over t