Capital District Raise the Wage Coalition: Organizing for Economic Justice

09/02/2016

08/28/2016

Why are McDonald’s profits record high? Thanks to our hard work! We deserve living wages now.

08/12/2016

Off to Richmond!

Capital District Fast Food Workers and Community Members Leave for National Day of Action in Richmond,VA!

05/27/2016

“It does take a toll,” Ryan said. “We’re going into our fourth week. Our mortgages are coming due. It’s very hard on these families.”

So why not just end the strike?

“Every other major corporation is looking at what we’re doing now,” Stephanie Piston said. “We’re not just fighting for us. We’re fighting for everybody who has a job.”

By SARAH HALL and MICHAEL HALLISEY Both sides of a near two-month long labor dispute are expected to return to the negotiating table this week, despite one side already presenting its final proposa…

05/03/2016

Here's what can happen after you get the wage raised - you have to deal with scheduling problems:

CLASP - Policy Solutions That Work for Low-Income People

04/11/2016

Great piece from Stephanie Luce on the in context of a larger worker and economic justice movement!

And a Union Minimum-wage victories have to be part of a broader strategy to win worker power. by Stephanie Luce A fast-food workers' strike in Madison, WI on August 29, 2013. michael t. sullivan / Flickr Our next issue, “Between the Risings,” is out this month. To celebrate its release, internationa…

03/28/2016

View from the vigil

03/23/2016

Call your legislators today - if they haven't heard from you in the last two days, they need to hear from you again while they are in final budget talks. Tell them you demand $15 upstate by 2021 and no carveouts! It's time to bring working New Yorkers out of poverty.

Mary is correct.

03/22/2016

Can you come to show our opponents we are watching them? Thursday lunchtime... https://www.facebook.com/events/1715151172098432/

03/01/2016

Join these workers and thousands of others on March 15th noon at the Capitol in Albany to March for $15. Keep building worker power and we can make this thing happen before April 1st! Tell your friends, family, and co-workers to come and .

LIKE and SHARE this video to support these workers in the struggle!

02/23/2016

Corporate lobbyists have a constant presence at the Capitol, so we need to bring the People's voice into the halls of power. Daniel Morrissey, Citizen Action's Fight for $15 Organizer, is signing people up to visit state legislators. Send an email to [email protected] and let him know who you want to visit.

The following appointments are scheduled THIS WEEK:

Tuesday, Feb. 23 at 1:30pm - meet with Assemblymember John McDonald

Wednesday, Feb. 24 at 1:30pm - meet with Senator Hugh Farley

Thursday, Feb. 25 at 12 noon - meet with Senator Kathy Marchione
Thursday, Feb. 25 at 1:30pm - meet with Senator George Amedore

If none of them are your representatives, remember all the connections you may have with their district. Maybe you're in a union that has lots of members in their district, maybe you work or attend church or have have family in their district, etc. And if you can't do any of the times listed above or want to visit another elected official, email Daniel.

To determine who your representatives are, please visit this website: http://www.elections.ny.gov/district-map/district-map.html

Please enter your address below and click the "Go" button. Then select what district information you require. Your representative information will appear below, and the district will be outlined on the map. The "find me" link will automatically find your approximate location based on your internet s…