Angelica Hernandez, Fight for $15 · [email protected]

August 29, 2022 at 10:30 PM

This could be the biggest labor win in decades

FIGHT FOR $15 Worker power gets the goods. BREAKING: AB257 PASSES THE CA SENATE John, California fast-food workers are on the cusp of victory with the Senate's passage of AB257 – a landmark bill that will bring justice to fast-food workers like me. Now we're calling on legislat…

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  Mauricio Juarez, Fight for $15 · [email protected]

August 23, 2022 at 1:23 PM

Chipotle is UNION BUSTING. Make them stop >>

FIGHT FOR $15 Chipotle store CLOSED after workers organize John: When Chipotle made bogus excuses and then closed a store where workers were organizing for a union, workers like me called them out. If we let Chipotle get away with this, it will give the green light to other un…

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  Crystal Orozco, Fight for $15 · [email protected]

August 17, 2022 at 6:58 PM

We slept over in front of the CA Capitol to demand AB257!

FIGHT FOR $15 If we can win in CA, we can show the whole country what real justice can look like. HAPPENING NOW: Fast-food workers turn it up at the California Capitol. Show you're with us >>   John, It's happened to me: I've worked graveyard shifts without so mu…

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  Mauricio Juarez, Fight for $15 · [email protected]

July 29, 2022 at 2:32 PM

Chipotle store CLOSED after workers organize

FIGHT FOR $15 Chipotle is UNION BUSTING. Make them stop >> John, Last week, Chipotle suddenly announced they were permanently closing an Augusta, Maine store where workers had been organizing a union. Sound familiar? It's the same union busting playbook that corporations …

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  Arlando Boyd, Fight for $15 and a Union · [email protected]

July 11, 2022 at 8:54 PM

Worker power delivers the goods

FIGHT FOR $15 We'll always be right when we fight for dignity… John, A 7% pay bump. Vacation time. Benefits. Security and stability. That's what 40 janitors at Coors Brewery got after they voted to unionize a few months ago. That's more time to spend with their families, more t…

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  Angelica Hernandez, Fight for $15 · [email protected]

June 9, 2022 at 6:01 PM

HAPPENING NOW: California fast food workers on STRIKE

FIGHT FOR $15 Side with fast food workers hitting the streets. Sign the petition >> BREAKING: CALIFORNIA FAST-FOOD WORKERS ON STRIKE! SHOW YOU'RE WITH US >> John, I've worked at McDonald's for over 15 years. When I faced sexual harassment in the workplace, I repo…

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  Catalina Frausto, Fight for $15 and a Union · [email protected]

May 27, 2022 at 7:36 PM

14 McDonald's walkouts and counting

FIGHT FOR $15 Chicago. Los Angeles. Miami. Tampa. Detroit. Houston. St. Louis. Raleigh. Orlando. SHARE NOW: McDonald's workers walk out >> John, Yesterday, McDonald's executives and investors were counting their billions in profits and dividends at their annual shareholders …

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  Brea Harris, Fight for $15 and a Union · [email protected]

May 24, 2022 at 3:48 PM

Workers on STRIKE as McD counts annual profits

FIGHT FOR $15 Walkouts and strikes until we win… John, I walked out so I don't get walked all over. It's not enough that McDonald's pays me a poverty wage – now, they're messing with my schedule. They told me I'd have 8 hours, and then only let me work one. How is anyone supposed …

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  Maria Bernal, Fight for $15 and a Union · [email protected]

May 16, 2022 at 1:03 PM

Wage Theft: 85% of workers say they're impacted in new report

FIGHT FOR $15 End wage theft now! John, I've worked at Jack in the Box for a decade. During that time, they cheated me out of more than $150,000. How? They regularly required me to work 14-hour shifts with no breaks but only paid me for 8 hours of work. My coworkers were treated th…

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  Ieisha Franceis, Fight for $15 and a Union · [email protected]

April 7, 2022 at 1:01 PM

While Bezos was in space, workers were organizing

FIGHT FOR $15 Solidarity with the Amazon Labor Union VICTORY: AMAZON WORKERS VOTE TO UNIONIZE.   John, Amazon, America's second largest private employer, threw everything they had at workers on Staten Island, NY. And Amazon lost. They threatened pay cuts. They forced workers to lis…

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  Mohamed Osman, Wheelchair Attendant · [email protected]

March 30, 2022 at 3:49 PM

As little as $8 an hour vs $5,000

FIGHT FOR $15 Airlines ballooning CEO pay John, I’ve been working as a wheelchair attendant for almost 20 years. I walk 10-12 miles a day from gate-to-gate and terminal-to-terminal to help seniors and passengers with disabilities get where they need to go. It’s not easy, but I lov…

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  Eric Winston, Fight for $15 and a Union · [email protected]

March 25, 2022 at 1:02 PM

Corporations are raising prices – and raking in record profits

FIGHT FOR $15 Corporations are throwing workers under the bus John, Corporations and CEOs don't raise our wages – but they're still raising prices. Their greed knows no bounds. They're jacking up prices despite raking in record profits while throwing workers under the bus. Hold gre…

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  Guillermina Blancas, Fight for $15 and a Union · [email protected]

March 17, 2022 at 8:47 PM

$400M more in McDonald’s pocket, nothing more for workers

FIGHT FOR $15 John, We all pay the price when corporations don't pay their share of taxes. A new report about McDonald’s put out by War on Want alleges that the company has used a series of tricks to dodge $400m in taxes in the United Kingdom. While we all know that corporations a…

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  Seberiana Reymundo, Fight for $15 and a Union · [email protected]

March 10, 2022 at 1:36 PM

I lost my hair during chemo. McDonald's managers made fun of me.

FIGHT FOR $15 When I was diagnosed with cancer, here’s what McDonald's did: John, I was diagnosed with cancer. How did McDonald's respond? Cut my hours. On top of that? Managers bullied me, making fun of my hair falling out. It was humiliating. And my managers faced ZERO consequenc…

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  Sammy Conde, Fight for $15 · [email protected]

February 16, 2022 at 8:59 PM

Tell Starbucks: Stop attacking workers' union

FIGHT FOR $15 80+ Starbucks unionization efforts and counting… John, “Starbucks is trying to silence us, but let it be known, we will not be silenced.” Nikki Taylor and 6 other workers at a store in Memphis were fired last week because they were trying to unionize. We know how gre…

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  Anniesha Williams, Fight for $15 · [email protected]

February 1, 2022 at 6:44 PM

Historic news - pro worker legislation passes California Assembly

FIGHT FOR $15 A HUGE victory for California workers. John, Exciting news! After workers like me have been organizing and striking in California for over half a decade, today the California Assembly has heard our voices! Share the news with your friends. Since the start of the pand…

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  Angelica Hernandez, Fight for $15 · [email protected]

January 25, 2022 at 5:24 PM

McDonald’s must listen to workers and survivors

FIGHT FOR $15 Tell McDonald’s: safe workplaces now. Content Warning: This message mentions workplace sexual harassment. If you're a fast-food worker who's experienced sexual harassment on the job, please dial the #metoo McDonald's hotline at (844) 384-4495 to get help. John, McDona…

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  Wanda Lavender, Fight for $15 · [email protected]

January 12, 2022 at 2:10 PM

Neisha should be alive today

FIGHT FOR $15 ALL workers deserve to be safe at work John, Niesha Harris-Brazell should be alive today. She was 16 years old and worked as a cashier at Burger King here in Milwaukee. While working a shift she was shot and killed in a robbery. Her family and community have been torn…

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  Adriana Alvarez, Fight for $15 · [email protected]

January 6, 2022 at 2:31 PM

Democracy is still under attack.

FIGHT FOR $15 Tell Congress: voting rights NOW John, Exactly one year ago, I watched a mob fueled by lies about election fraud launch a deadly attack on the Capitol in Washington DC. I was scared but not surprised. These right wing extremists were fired up by the same Republicans w…

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  Hakim Dumka, Fight for $15 · [email protected]

December 28, 2021 at 2:10 PM

2021 was all about STRIKES and VICTORIES 🔥

FIGHT FOR $15 Workers in 56 cities, counties, and states are getting a raise at the start of the year. John, This was the year workers said ENOUGH. We saw strikes across the country and around the world. We saw workers quitting jobs that didn't pay or respect us in record numbers. …

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  Monique Jamison, Fight for $15 · [email protected]

December 15, 2021 at 7:01 PM

Help our movement keep fighting — and WINNING — for you.

FIGHT FOR $15 Share your opinion about what issues matter most to you! John, Fight for $15 and a Union movement members like you have won more than $150 BILLION in raises for 26 million workers. That's millions of families like mine who can breathe a little easier knowing we can aff…

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  Perla Hernandez, Fight for $15 · [email protected]

December 2, 2021 at 3:26 PM

🌎 WATCH NOW: Workers around the world are demanding fair pay and union rights

FIGHT FOR $15 Share in support of workers around the world. John, I joined the Fight for $15 and a Union after getting hurt at work. Since I needed to take time off to get better, I didn't get paid. I scraped by to afford rent and take care of my family because they didn't pay me wh…

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  Misty Campbell, Fight for $15 · [email protected]

November 16, 2021 at 9:03 PM

We haven't raised the federal minimum wage since 2009.

FIGHT FOR $15 We need better pay, union rights, dignity, and respect. John, $7.25 wasn't enough to pay the bills in 2009, and it's definitely not enough now. Rent, groceries, healthcare – the prices of everything we need to survive have skyrocketed in the 12 YEARS since the federal …

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  Kenia Campeano, Fight for $15 · [email protected]

November 3, 2021 at 7:40 PM

BREAKING: McDonald's CEO blames Black parents for their child's murder

FIGHT FOR $15 Lazy, racist stereotypes from the McDonald's CEO... John, In April of this year, the CEO of McDonald's, Chris Kempczinski, sent a text message to Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot where he blamed the murders of 13-year-old Adam Toledo and 7-year-old Jaslyn Adams on their pa…

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  Alex Harris, Fight for $15 · [email protected]

November 3, 2021 at 3:29 PM

BIG WIN: Tucson goes to $15

FIGHT FOR $15 Our movement just won in Tucson, let’s keep fighting. VICTORY: TUCSON PASSES $15! John, Voters in Tucson have passed a $15/hr minimum wage! 85,000 workers are on our way to $15! This didn't happen overnight: workers like me that power the Fight for $15 spent years orga…

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  Tanya Harrell, Fight for $15 · [email protected]

October 26, 2021 at 1:01 PM

Content warning: #Striketober: McDonald's needs to address sexual harassment

FIGHT FOR $15 Everyone deserves a workplace free from harassment and intimidation Trigger Warning: This email contains a story of sexual assault. If you've experienced sexual harassment or assault while working in the fast-food industry, call (844) 384-4495 for help. John, She was o…

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  Perla Hernandez, Fight for $15 · [email protected]

October 14, 2021 at 5:39 PM

You can only pick ONE

FIGHT FOR $15 What will you choose? John, A full week's work should be enough to pay all our bills, but with poverty wages I'm stuck struggling. I need a living wage that I can actually live off of, so I can give my kids everything they deserve. Our movement for $15/hr and RESPECT …

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  Nicole Rush, Fight for $15 · [email protected]

September 29, 2021 at 3:17 PM

John, we’ve been winning...🏆✊🏿

FIGHT FOR $15 What you can do to push this movement forward...   Too many workers are still struggling to make ends meet and corporations like McDonald's are still dragging their feet, refusing to pay every one of their workers $15/hr. But even against greedy, well funded corporat…

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  Adriana Alvarez, Fight for $15 · [email protected]

September 23, 2021 at 4:38 PM

❗❗ THIS is how we value workers...

FIGHT FOR $15 URGENT: We heard them say it on the campaign trail, now we need the votes FINAL CALL: Critical funding for care workers will only pass if we fight! CALL NOW >> 805-243-1109 John – During the pandemic, they called me essential, but McDonald's still didn't keep us…

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  Hugo Archibeque, Fight for $15 · [email protected]

September 15, 2021 at 12:57 PM

16-hour shifts would make me go on strike, too

FIGHT FOR $15 No contracts, no snacks! Hey John, We're all struggling to get by. The pandemic showed that corporations still refuse to give us our most basic needs: sick leave, proper PPE, time off to care for our loved ones. But this whole time, they've been raking in HUGE profi…

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  Sandra JW Brown, Fight for $15 · [email protected]

September 8, 2021 at 3:07 PM

All workers means ALL workers: fund care now!

FIGHT FOR $15 Tell Congress that ALL workers deserve better wages and union rights... Home care workers are essential workers! President Biden’s Build Back Better plan MUST include support and protections for care workers. Call now >> 1-855-963-2258 John, Our movement has won…

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  Vicenta Reyes, Fight for $15 · [email protected]

August 26, 2021 at 1:14 PM

Settlement in dog diaper PPE - but it’s just the beginning

FIGHT FOR $15 ALL workers deserve what we achieved. John, Last year my McDonald's made headlines because they forced us to work during a pandemic...and told us to use coffee filters and dog diapers to cover our faces. My coworker got sick, but our boss told her to finish the shift …

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  Deatric Edie, Fight for $15 · [email protected]

August 9, 2021 at 9:15 PM

Another COVID wave, still no sick leave

FIGHT FOR $15 Delta is here. Paid sick leave is not. John, I put on my McDonald's uniform to work during the pandemic last year – because if I didn't, I couldn't afford to eat. I worried every day: was today the day a customer or coworker would get me sick? A lot of people are actin…

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  Cathy Sherwin, Fight for $15 · [email protected]

July 24, 2021 at 11:00 AM

⌛ 12 years is too long. Show us $15.

FIGHT FOR $15 It's past time to do what’s right for workers... John, When I learned I had brain cancer nearly 7 years ago, I vowed to fight. Now, as a cancer survivor, McDonald's worker, mom of four, and new grandmother – I'm fighting for my kids to have a better future. That means …

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  Cathy Sherwin, Fight for $15 · [email protected]

July 20, 2021 at 9:24 PM

12 years at $7.25. Striking workers say Raise the Wage.

FIGHT FOR $15 We deserved a raise years ago. Call for $15/hr right now. Workers on STRIKE for $15: call your Senator at 888-639-5155 to demand $15/hr and a union for ALL workers now >> John, This week marks 12 YEARS since the federal minimum wage was last raised. That's 12 yea…

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  Angely Rodriguez Lambert, Fight for $15 · [email protected]

June 28, 2021 at 1:25 PM

Stop union busters like Elon Musk in their tracks

FIGHT FOR $15 Fight the climate crisis by standing with unions! John, When I say $15/hr and a union, I mean it. $15 is the bare minimum we need to live, but having union rights is how we guarantee justice. Justice isn't just making enough to support our families – it's also living i…

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  Cummie Davis, Fight for $15 · [email protected]

June 19, 2021 at 12:01 PM

Committing to racial and economic justice this Juneteenth

FIGHT FOR $15 It's time to value Black workers... John, This Juneteenth, I'm remembering Evelyn Coke, and her unfinished business. Ms. Coke was a home care worker, bathing, dressing, and giving medications to her clients. She made $7/hr. Sometimes, she'd work three 24 hour shifts st…

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  Tracey Thou, Fight for $15 · [email protected]

June 17, 2021 at 11:45 PM

BREAKING: Delaware goes to $15!

FIGHT FOR $15 8 out of 10 Delaware workers in poverty will see a raise... BREAKING: DELAWARE GOES TO $15 SHARE NOW >>   John, We did it! Thanks to relentless organizing by workers and allies, Delaware's House just joined the Senate in passing a bill to raise the minimum wage t…

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  Terrence Wise, Fight for $15 · [email protected]

June 9, 2021 at 6:58 PM

McDonald's CEO makes 1,189 times its average worker

FIGHT FOR $15 McDonald's could pay $15 tomorrow and be just fine... John, It hit 90 degrees in Kansas City this week, and you better believe it was HOT in the kitchen at McDonald's. I work in that kitchen. While working fast-food, I've been hungry and my family has been on the brink…

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  Terrence Wise, Fight for $15 · [email protected]

May 21, 2021 at 5:52 PM

We took the fight to McDonald's this week

FIGHT FOR $15 Fast-food workers went on STRIKE to win $15 and a union this week. Workers Strike Nationwide for $15 and a Union Rep. Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Sanders in the Fight! Demands Made to McDonald's Shareholders Worker Power Podcast Launched! #McDona…

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  Angelica Hernandez, Fight for $15 · [email protected]

May 19, 2021 at 3:50 PM

Sen. Sanders & Rep. Ocasio-Cortez join McDonald's workers striking for $15

FIGHT FOR $15 We won't back down Watch Sen. Sanders & Rep. Ocasio-Cortez at 12 pm ET today as they join striking workers >> John, I've risked my life at McDonald's throughout the pandemic. Today, I'm walking out because we won't take it anymore. I'm on STRIKE from my job a…

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  Terrence Wise, Fight for $15 · [email protected]

May 17, 2021 at 7:50 PM

Hey McDonald's: you could just give $15 to ALL workers

FIGHT FOR $15 Show up with us to demand $15 and union rights Show that you're with striking workers like me on Wednesday by attending an event near you. Sign up now >> John, here's the proof McDonald's can more than afford to pay $15/hr to every worker: The McDonald's CEO sai…

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  Rita Blalock, Fight for $15 · [email protected]

May 13, 2021 at 7:30 PM

STRIKE: McDonald's must pay $15 to ALL workers, not just 5%

FIGHT FOR $15 They're paying billions to their shareholders while exploiting workers John, BREAKING: McDonald's just announced they are increasing pay to an average of $15/hr by 2024...but only in their corporate stores. This means that the raise only applies to SOME WORKERS IN 5%…

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  Eshawney Gaston, Fight for $15 · [email protected]

April 30, 2021 at 6:38 PM

TOMORROW: Join us in solidarity for May Day!

FIGHT FOR $15 March on May Day + watch the livestream! March in solidarity with workers everywhere!  Find a May Day action near you >> John, In one of my last jobs, I sold vacuums door to door. We had to go into strangers' houses to show the equipment – but our company didn't …

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  Lizzet Aguilar, Fight for $15 · [email protected]

April 23, 2021 at 4:28 PM

Landmark pro-worker legislation in CA

FIGHT FOR $15 A HUGE week of action to put power back into workers' hands... John, A week ago, I went on strike to demand a voice on the job, and to support a landmark pro-worker bill – the FAST Recovery Act (California AB 257) – for worker power and corporate accountability. Chec…

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  Angelica Hernandez, Fight for $15 · [email protected]

April 16, 2021 at 7:39 PM

On STRIKE demanding a seat at the table

FIGHT FOR $15 California workers are on strike for a seat at the table CALIFORNIA WORKERS ON STRIKE FOR A SEAT AT THE TABLE. SHARE TO SHOW YOU’RE WITH US >> John, I've seen what happens when workers don't have a say in our workplace... Instead of giving us what we needed to …

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  Bridget Hughes, Fight for $15 · [email protected]

April 7, 2021 at 1:12 PM

Millions of good union jobs.

FIGHT FOR $15 Care Is Essential John, As a working mom trying to support 3 kids during COVID, I had to quit a job to care for my kids who were stuck in online school. I had no choice – lawmakers just left us out here for ourselves. Families like mine were losing work that we shoul…

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  Anneisha Williams, Fight for $15 · [email protected]

March 26, 2021 at 7:26 PM

My community counts on me. Can I count on you?

FIGHT FOR $15 Tell Congress to support care workers in the next COVID bill. John, I work two jobs on the frontlines of the COVID pandemic – as a fast-food worker and an in-home caregiver. I'm proud to care for my community. To cook and feed people after a long day of work. To hel…

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  Adriana Alvarez, Fight for $15 · [email protected]

February 25, 2021 at 2:53 PM

TODAY: Show up for $15

FIGHT FOR $15 TODAY we're taking over the internet. You with me? Are you with me, John? In the past week I've done everything I can to win $15/hr for millions of people like me that need higher pay to help our families get by in this country. I went on strike to win $15 NOW from Mc…

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  Sylcoria Carroll, Fight for $15 · [email protected]

February 23, 2021 at 2:11 PM

National call in day to win $15 minimum wage

FIGHT FOR $15 $8.50 an hour is not enough to live. We've never been closer – Tell your Senators: We need $15/hr NOW >> 888-639-5155 John, My own manager wouldn't even tell me what I was getting paid an hour. The highest paycheck I ever got was only $291. I can't wait one day …

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