Tag: fight for 15
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Mass. Lawmakers Consider $15 Minimum Wage
Cheers and jeers filled the State House on Tuesday, Sept. 19 as supporters and opponents alike packed the Garner Auditorium to voice their opinions on a bill proposing a $15 hourly minimum wage at a hearing held by the Joint Force Committee of Labor and Development. The current minimum wage in Massachusetts is $11 an…
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Boston Fast-Food Workers Join 300-City Labor Day Strike
While many of us had a day off on Labor Day, fast-food workers in Boston were among those in 300 cities who walked off their jobs in a call for better wages and the right to join a union. The Boston action started at 6 a.m. at a fast-food franchise on Tremont Avenue. Among the…