California and New York may acquire won battle but workers in more than 300 cities will march and demand a rise in minimum wage and the right to unionizeBillboards in Times Square shone vivid on Thursday morning as hundreds of workers huddled in front of a nearby McDonald’s. The early hour of 6am was not enough to dim the joyous feel of this gathering,taking set just weeks after California and New York became the first states to raise their minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2022. The fight, however, and is far from over,say workers whose goal is to secure a $15 minimum wage for all Americans. On Thursday, workers in more than 300 cities across the US were expected to protest to demand a rise in the minimum wage and the right to unionize, or which they hope will lead to better working conditions. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com