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The fight for fifteen : the right wage for a working America, David Rolf, assisted by Corrie Watterson Bryant
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- Summary
- "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"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xx, 328 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction
- America at 200: the American Dream versus the War on the Middle Class
- The new work: fissured, flexible, insecure
- It doesn't have to be this way: resistance, unrest, and innovation
- The little city that could: winning a $15 wage in SeaTac
- Fifteen for Seattle
- An American wage for a stronger America: the case for $15
- But won't the sky fall?
- Toward a different future: $15 and beyond
- Afterword: Something's happening
- Isbn
- 9781620971130
- Label
- The fight for fifteen : the right wage for a working America
- Title
- The fight for fifteen
- Title remainder
- the right wage for a working America
- Statement of responsibility
- David Rolf, assisted by Corrie Watterson Bryant
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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"--
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- Provided by publisher
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- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1969-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Rolf, David
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Minimum wage
- Working class
- Labor
- Labor unions
- Labor laws and legislation
- Label
- The fight for fifteen : the right wage for a working America, David Rolf, assisted by Corrie Watterson Bryant
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-305) and index
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- Contents
- Introduction -- America at 200: the American Dream versus the War on the Middle Class -- The new work: fissured, flexible, insecure -- It doesn't have to be this way: resistance, unrest, and innovation -- The little city that could: winning a $15 wage in SeaTac -- Fifteen for Seattle -- An American wage for a stronger America: the case for $15 -- But won't the sky fall? -- Toward a different future: $15 and beyond -- Afterword: Something's happening
- Control code
- FIEb17838423
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- xx, 328 pages
- Isbn
- 9781620971130
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)907190711
- Label
- The fight for fifteen : the right wage for a working America, David Rolf, assisted by Corrie Watterson Bryant
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-305) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Introduction -- America at 200: the American Dream versus the War on the Middle Class -- The new work: fissured, flexible, insecure -- It doesn't have to be this way: resistance, unrest, and innovation -- The little city that could: winning a $15 wage in SeaTac -- Fifteen for Seattle -- An American wage for a stronger America: the case for $15 -- But won't the sky fall? -- Toward a different future: $15 and beyond -- Afterword: Something's happening
- Control code
- FIEb17838423
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- xx, 328 pages
- Isbn
- 9781620971130
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)907190711
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