Associated PressOctober 30, 2019
1min601
It has enough signatures to make the November 2020 ballot.
Tag: Fight for $15
Associated PressOctober 30, 2019
Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 22, 2019
5min464
The panel will layout possible dangers like lost jobs.
A.G. GancarskiOctober 10, 2019
3min273
Florida voters will decide next year.
Jacob OglesApril 22, 2019
5min421
Measure to cost $15.7 million first year, go up from there.
Janelle Irwin TaylorFebruary 26, 2019
10min298
The Straz Center for the Arts pays some of its employees less than that.
Frank TorresSeptember 28, 2015
2min255
Lawmakers and activists held a rally in East Orlando Monday morning, pushing to raise Florida’s minimum wage to $15 per hour. The rally was centered around a trio of state lawmakers who have accepted the minimum wage challenge, which requires them to live off of $8.05 for one week. “It is something that is necessary for our working […]
Mitch PerrySeptember 28, 2015
7min428
Alan Grayson played devil’s advocate with a group of Tampa Bay area residents fighting to increase Florida’s minimum wage on Saturday afternoon in Tampa. “The argument opponents make is that it might mean fewer jobs,” he said to the group assembled around a rectangular table at the Letter Carriers Hall. “Is anyone here afraid you might […]
Mitch PerrySeptember 2, 2015
5min415
The nationwide campaign to raise fast-food workers’ wages to $15 an hour has incorporated child-care workers into the effort. The campaign is being led nationally and in Florida by the Service Employees International Union. “We have to share the story to create a groundwell,” said Monica Russo, president of SEIU Florida State Council, and executive […]
Mitch PerryMarch 18, 2015
5min220
Wednesday afternoon in Tampa, about 70 fast-food workers, many McDonald’s employees, and their allies held a demonstration protesting health hazards that they say they’ve incurred on the job. It’s the latest effort by activists behind the “Fight for $15” campaign to get fast-food workers a higher wage and the right to join a union, primarily […]
Mitch PerryMarch 18, 20155min146
Wednesday afternoon in Tampa, about 70 fast-food workers, many McDonald’s employees, and their allies held a demonstration protesting health hazards that they say they’ve incurred on the job. It’s the latest effort by activists behind the “Fight for $15” campaign to get fast-food workers a higher wage and the right to join a union, primarily […]