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    The Fight for $15 is a grassroots movement of low-wage workers that seeks to undo decades of wage stagnation and growing inequality by raising the wage floor to more robust levels. The movement, which began in New York City in 2012 when fast food workers walked out of their jobs to demand $15 and a union, has spread from coast to coast, shaping the national conversation around wages and inequality, and helping push through dozens of state and local minimum wage policies.

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    Building on the momentum of the Fight for $15 and the goals of the Raise the Wage Act of 2019, state and national advocates will call on members of Congress to increase the federal minimum wage to $15 by 2024, and to gradually eliminate the sub-minimum wages for tipped workers and disabled workers.

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NELP Urges Congress to Pass the Raise the Wage Act of 2021

Jan 26, 2021

NELP Commends President Biden’s Swift Actions to Improve Government Contracted Jobs with $15 Minimum Wage Executive Order and Repeal of Ban on Anti-Bias Training

Jan 23, 2021

Fighting Wage Preemption: How Workers Have Lost Billions in Wages and How We Can Restore Local Democracy

Feb 11, 2020

Workers are losing billions of dollars every year because their state legislatures blocked minimum wage raises workers won at the local level.

U.S. House Approves Historic $15/hour One Fair Wage

Jul 19, 2019

NELP: CBO score shows Raise the Wage Act should be ‘no-brainer for Congress’

Jul 08, 2019

New Jersey Joins New York, Massachusetts, & California in Deal to Adopt $15 Minimum Wage

Jan 17, 2019

Workers Across U.S. Getting Raises as 18 States and 19 Cities Increase Minimum Wages on Jan. 1

Dec 20, 2017

Target’s Move to $15 an Hour Blows Up This Myth About Raising the Minimum Wage

Sep 27, 2017

How State Governments are Fighting to Suppress Local Minimum Wage Raises

Mar 09, 2017

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