'Fight for $15' movement to include more countries, low-wage workers

Fast-food employees and other low-wage workers will take to the streets in Minneapolis and other major cities Wednesday to call for a $15 minimum wage, another step in a social movement that began three years ago to press for the biggest jump ever in the wage.

A group called Fight for $15, led by a national committee in New York and backed by some of the nation’s biggest unions and progressive organizations, has drummed up support for higher wages and unionization through a combination of well-timed demonstrations, social media and on-the-ground recruiting.

Wednesday’s demonstrations are billed as some of the biggest yet and they have spread to cities outside the United States in a manner similar to the Occupy movement in 2011. The wage-boost effort has lasted longer, though, in part because of its focus on a tangible outcome.

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