The Fight for $15 is Our Fight Too

CWAers stand with the #FightFor15 on November 10th! https://t.co/cBIJBRu4empic.twitter.com/ePVaOd5tKP

— CWA District 1 (@CWADistrict1) November 12, 2015

 

Across the country, CWA activists took to the streets to demand higher wages and a voice on the job. We stood with thousands of fast-food, bank, airline, home care and other service-sector workers, fighting for $15 an hour. Read more at: http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/why_the_fight_for_15_is_our_fight_too

On November 10, CWA activists took to the streets to demand higher wages and a voice on the job. We stood with thousands of fast-food, bank, airline, home care and other service-sector workers, fighting for $15 an hour.

Click here for photos from across the country.

In Brooklyn, NY workers were joined at an early morning rally by Mayor Bill de Blasio who addressed the crowd. 

"These corporations have silenced us for way too long. We are ready to stand up and show them we are sick of it," said Bianca Cunningham at the Brooklyn rally, who was fired from her job at Verizon Wireless after she helped organize her coworkers.

"These corporations have silenced us for way too long. We are ready to stand up and show them we are sick of it." pic.twitter.com/x89SfKDeFJ

— Fast Food Forward (@FastFoodForward) November 10, 2015