LEADER 02935nam 2200553 450 001 9910798358603321 005 20230808193240.0 010 $a1-62097-114-3 035 $a(CKB)3710000000679304 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001664014 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16448918 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001664014 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14928335 035 $a(PQKB)10074051 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4454841 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000679304 100 $a20160526h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe fight for fifteen $ethe right wage for a working America /$fDavid Rolf ; assisted by Corrie Watterson Bryant 210 1$aNew York, New York ;$aLondon, [England] :$cThe New Press,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (353 pages) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-62097-113-5 330 $a"The fight for a higher minimum wage has become the biggest national labor story in decades. Beginning in November 2012, strikes by fast food workers spread across the country, landing in Seattle in May 2013. Within a year, Seattle had adopted a $15 minimum wage--the highest in the United States--without a bloody political battle. Combining history, economics, and commonsense political wisdom, The Fight for Fifteen makes a deeply informed case for a national $15/hour minimum wage as the only practical solution to reversing America's decades-long slide toward becoming a low-wage nation. Drawing both on new scholarship and on his extensive practical experiences organizing workers and grappling with inequality across the United States, David Rolf, president of SEIU 775--which waged the successful Seattle campaign--offers an accessible explanation of "middle out" economics, an emerging popular economic theory that suggests that the origins of prosperity in capitalist economies lie with workers and consumers, not investors and employers. A blueprint for a different and hopeful American future, The Fight for Fifteen offers concrete tools, ideas, and inspiration for anyone interested in real change in our lifetimes"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aMinimum wage$zUnited States 606 $aWorking class$zUnited States 606 $aLabor$zUnited States 606 $aLabor unions$zUnited States 606 $aLabor laws and legislation$zUnited States 615 0$aMinimum wage 615 0$aWorking class 615 0$aLabor 615 0$aLabor unions 615 0$aLabor laws and legislation 676 $a331.2/30973 686 $aPOL013000$aBUS022000$aLAW054000$2bisacsh 700 $aRolf$b David$f1969-$01553339 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910798358603321 996 $aThe fight for fifteen$93813840 997 $aUNINA