Marchers who fought for a $15 minimum wage during the Obama administration took to the streets again Tuesday, including President Trump with longstanding enemies like McDonalds, free markets, and capitalism.
As clear and as limited as the Constitution is in its scope, one can always find a few more rights hidden in there that the founders had intended to include. Marchers Tuesday demanded not just $15 an hour but child care, free college, immigrant rights, and more, along with freedom from hate, fascism, and the need to ever work two jobs to make ends meet.
A fair wage, a workplace free from racism & harassment, a voice in their conditions—these are the rights of all working people. #FightFor15
— Women's March CT (@womensmarchct) May 23, 2017
"We need $15! We need a union!" In front of McDs new HQ #fightfor15 pic.twitter.com/nlZutGVQpV
— Fight For 15 Chicago (@chifightfor15) May 23, 2017
McDonald's can move their HQ but they can't hide. They do too much harm to too many and folks have had enough. #Fightfor15 pic.twitter.com/Ef7ldJ0VDz
— Fight For 15 (@fightfor15) May 23, 2017
We are fighting against poverty wages and hate! #Fightfor15 pic.twitter.com/y7xGrvAkVE
— Voces de la Frontera #DreamActNow (@voces_milwaukee) May 23, 2017
We're joining the #FightFor15 march in Chicago! #15ForMpls #PeopleOverProfits pic.twitter.com/wjPUnHSV3b
— CTUL (@CTUL_TC) May 23, 2017
"We're out here for our rights & freedom. It's time to wake up. It's time to take down McDs & Trump. It's time to join #Fightfor15" Aiesha pic.twitter.com/pFZfT1YjUt
— Fight For 15 Chicago (@chifightfor15) May 23, 2017
Step 1. Take down McDonalds and Trump; Step 2. ??? Step 3: Profit.
"I'm out here today because I work and sweat too damn much to be making $8" Marshay, Popeyes wrkr #Fightfor15 pic.twitter.com/Tb9iCsUyUF
— Fight For 15 Chicago (@chifightfor15) May 23, 2017
Tyree has been fighting at his store for 25 years. Today thousands of us join him #FightFor15 pic.twitter.com/5kGzqBRnFq
— Fight For 15 Mass (@fightfor15mass) May 23, 2017
We’d say Tyree’s employer is awfully patient if he’s been fighting at his store for a quarter of a century and still has a job there.
This is what community looks like!! #fightfor15 pic.twitter.com/DkB1ZG0MBr
— Show Me $15 (@Show_Me15) May 23, 2017
If we don't get it? Shut it down! #Fightfor15 I pic.twitter.com/uUo1Xx9e5y
— Show Me $15 (@Show_Me15) May 23, 2017
It rained on the protesters in Chicago’s Daly Plaza, but a new story out of the Washington Post threatened to put a damper on things as well.
For the first time, poor people receiving housing subsidies may be required to work https://t.co/Lbwswiy8x9
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 23, 2017
More reason to #Fightfor15 & #WorkerOwned #SolidarityEconomy lest they subsidize McD's etc https://t.co/cascVomNo2
— HoodooNola (@Hoodoonola) May 23, 2017
Marchers even found a way to work climate change into their demands.
Living wages for a living earth!! #FightFor15 #StandUpKC #PeoplesClimate #PeoplesClimateKC #climatejobsjustice #ActOnClimate pic.twitter.com/bK0rZCkgDl
— People's Climate KC (@ClimateMarchKC) May 23, 2017
"McDs is making people sick.Not only with low wages,but with toxic purchasing & unsustainable practices"" Desiree @foodandwater #FightFor15 pic.twitter.com/yMmpbwU0jR
— Fight For 15 Chicago (@chifightfor15) May 23, 2017
Look, intersectionality! Just like at the March for Science.
We're Queer. We're Black & Brown. We're women. We're students & seniors. We're trans. We are workers. And we're for liberation. #fightfor15 pic.twitter.com/802g6POrZ3
— Fight For 15 Chicago (@chifightfor15) May 23, 2017
We will never again be in the shadows. Our power is in our ability to make our voices heard and act #FightFor15 pic.twitter.com/MnrIKhMesy
— FightFor15WI (@FightFor15WI) May 23, 2017
Our economy is worth more. @McDonalds stop being greedy: raise wages to $15. #fightfor15 pic.twitter.com/uzUajNG8pU
— Patriotic Millionaires (@PatrioticMills) May 23, 2017
https://twitter.com/burmaji1/status/867105679714254850
A degree from Northwestern in what? Just curious.
Will laugh my ass off when #FightFor15 causes more jobs to be lost due to computers and robots taking over those jobs.
— Russell (@OGRE660) May 23, 2017
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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 19, 2017
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