Category Archives: Fight for 15

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

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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“We are soldiers in a new movement!”

“Why have the graduate assistants joined in, why are fast food workers together, why are home care workers together, why are all these public sectors workers together? Because as Dr. King said, injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. … Continue reading

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St. Pete workers say Wage Theft is a crime!

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

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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It Felt Like Justice

$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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