Category Archives: 15 now

July 4, 2015 — ST. PETERSBURG — la luta continua

Posted on July 3, 2015 by roseroby

You may note that our previous posting for Saint Petersburg Independents was March 2. I think an explanation is due for the more than three-month gap since that post. My primary work prior to April 15 had been directed towards … Continue reading →

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15 Now Florida says repeal 218.077(2)

Posted on March 9, 2015 by jeffroby

The rich and corrupt hacks in Tallahassee thought they had put an end to any hope for raising the minimum wage in the State of Florida back in 2003, when at the behest of the notoriously right-wing ALEC (American Legislative … Continue reading →

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St. Pete workers say Wage Theft is a crime!

Posted on March 4, 2015 by roseroby

February 19, 2015 — ST. PETERSBURG. The City Council chambers were packed with members of Fight for 15, SEIU, 15 Now, Awake Pinellas, and workers there to testify on how they have personally been the victims of wage theft. Liberal … Continue reading →

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15 Now welcomes Fight for 15 to St. Pete

Posted on March 3, 2015 by jeffroby

December 4, 2014 — ST. PETERSBURG. “It opens up a whole new front,” said Rose Roby, chair of the St. Pete local of the Green Party of Florida and a leader of 15 Now Tampa Bay. “We’ve been putting the … Continue reading →

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15 Now challenges St. Pete City Hall (1)

Posted on March 3, 2015 by jeffroby

Remarks by Rose Roby St. Petersburg City Hall Saturday, September 27, 2014 Thank you for coming. I’d like to speak a little about the short life and unnecessary death of Maria Fernandes. She died last month, 32 years old, poisoned … Continue reading →

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15 Now challenges St. Pete City Hall (2)

Posted on March 2, 2015 by jeffroby

Remarks by Jeff Roby St. Petersburg City Hall Saturday, September 27, 2014 You people of the press have asked, how do we think we can win this? The only logical way to follow that is to talk about gay marriage. … Continue reading →

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Report from the Florida Front

Posted on November 7, 2014 by roseroby

Florida, like the rest of the South, is going to be a tough nut to crack. Like much of the South, it is a right-to-work state with a solidly Republican state legislature. Furthermore, Florida statute 218.077(2) forbids local jurisdictions from … Continue reading →

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It Felt Like Justice

Posted on September 19, 2014 by jeffroby

$15 / hr. and the forces in play You might call it a small skirmish in the opening stages of what promises to be a long, hard war. It is hardly an equal fight, the opposing sides in no way … Continue reading →

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Aaron Dietrich of FPSU:

Posted on August 5, 2014 by jeffroby

“We’ve all got to be in this together” “The labor movement needs to start thinking creatively if it’s going to survive,” said Aaron Dietrich, a 30-year-old Community Organizer for the Florida Public Services Union (FPSU) in St. Petersburg. “That means … Continue reading →

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Tampa Bay Area 15 Now!

Posted on July 16, 2014 by roseroby

Launching this week! The Movement for the $15/hour minimum wage comes to Florida beginning this Saturday. And you should be there on the Ground Floor. Activists from the Tampa Bay area and beyond will be gathering this Saturday, July 19, … Continue reading →