Fight for $15 movement

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The Fight for $15 movement is a U.S.-based labor campaign advocating for a $15 minimum wage and union rights for low-wage workers, particularly in the fast-food industry.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf labor movement
political campaign
social movement
abbreviation SEIU NERFINISHED
advocatesFor $15 federal minimum wage
union rights for low-wage workers
aimsAt raising minimum wage to $15 per hour
alsoKnownAs Fight for $15 and a Union NERFINISHED
Fight for 15 NERFINISHED
associatedWith Service Employees International Union NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
demands $15 hourly wage
the right to form a union without retaliation
focusesOn fast-food workers
low-wage workers
frame anti-poverty campaign
economic justice campaign
living wage campaign
goal improve working conditions in service industries
raise pay for millions of low-wage workers
reduce income inequality
strengthen collective bargaining rights
ideology pro-labor
progressivism
influenced city minimum wage ordinances
public debate on living wage
state minimum wage increases
opposes sub-minimum wage for tipped workers
wage theft
originatedIn fast-food industry
relatedTo labor rights movement
living wage movement NERFINISHED
minimum wage policy debates
sector airport services sector
fast-food sector
home care sector
retail sector
slogan Fight for $15 NERFINISHED
supportedBy civil rights groups
community organizations
labor unions
progressive politicians
targets large fast-food corporations
low-wage service employers
multinational restaurant chains
usesTactic civil disobedience
protests
strikes
walkouts

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American labor movement hasKeyEvent Fight for $15 movement