Detroit 15

@Detroit_15

We represent workers from 100+ employers who are making tremendous profits, but do not pay employees like us enough to support our families.

Detroit, MI
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Joined May 2013
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Jan 15

    BREAKING: Fast food workers across Michigan are on strike today to demand a living wage and union rights. We can’t survive without $15 on our check.

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  2. 1 hour ago

    Home healthcare workers have been a part of the since the start. Time for Congress to support essential workers and . 888-639-5155

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  3. 3 hours ago

    It’s impossible to survive on anything other than $15. Tell Congress to .

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  4. Retweeted
    5 hours ago

    160M Americans received the first survival check. 147M people received the second one, though even more Americans were eligible. Now, in the worst wave of the pandemic, we’re talking about sending checks to even FEWER people? We can’t leave ANY struggling American behind.

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  5. 4 hours ago

    "Workers who are most vulnerable to pandemic layoffs are more likely people of color, underscoring the need for stimulus funding in order to keep racial inequality from growing" We need $15.

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  6. Retweeted
    4 hours ago

    Today hundreds of us are on strike in LA County. Earlier in the pandemic fast-food workers in northern California went on an over 40 day strike. This is a matter of life and death for fast food workers. We cannot afford being ignored any longer.

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  7. Retweeted
    5 hours ago

    BREAKING: Hundreds of Los Angeles County fast-food workers are ON STRIKE. It's been over a year since the first COVID-19 death in the United States and companies like aren't keeping us, our families, or the communities safe.

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  8. Retweeted
    5 hours ago

    BREAKING: Workers at in Fayetteville NC are walking off the job ON STRIKE to demand $15/hr, the right to join a union without interference, adequate protection from COVID-19, and an end to racism on the job!

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  9. 6 hours ago

    The federal minimum wage is still only $7.25/hr. It’s impossible to survive on that! Raising the wage to $15/hr would benefit 21% of the U.S. workforce. The time is now! Tell Congress to .

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  10. 9 hours ago

    Millions of lives will be improved with the $15/hr minimum wage. Tell your Senators to get on board: 888-639-5155

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  11. Feb 8

    The federal minimum wage is still only $7.25/hr. It’s impossible to survive on that! Raising the wage to $15/hr would benefit 21% of the U.S. workforce. The time is now! Tell Congress to .

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  12. Feb 8

    We can't afford to wait. Congress needs to however they can. Call now: 888-639-5155

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  13. Retweeted
    Feb 8

    "This legacy of slavery must end...Living off of barely $2 an hour plus tips forces us to endure and even tolerate toxic behavior." Workers shouldn't have to brush off sexual harassment just to get by. now!

    Subminimum
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  14. Retweeted
    Feb 8

    "[] didn't pay me while I had COVID. And that is not fair... I will continue to fight so that we get paid what we deserve." Adriana is right, we are essential workers and we deserve a livable wage NOW.

    We are Essential
    "[@McDonalds] didn't pay me while I had COVID. And that is not fair... I will continue to fight so that we get paid what we deserve." Adriana is right, we are essential workers and
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  15. Retweeted
    Feb 8

    "We're used to a fight... We've got the fight in us. They call this a rescue package, but yet they want to take the most important part of the rescue out of it." Pam is right, we can't survive without $15.

    The Whole Rescue
    "We're used to a fight... We've got the fight in us. They call this a rescue package, but yet they want to take the most important part of the rescue out of it." Pam is right.
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  16. Retweeted
    Feb 8

    Here's how much the U.S. minimum wage has changed over the years 👇 2009: $7.25 2010: $7.25 2011: $7.25 2012: $7.25 2013: $7.25 2014: $7.25 2015: $7.25 2016: $7.25 2017: $7.25 2018: $7.25 2019: $7.25 2020: $7.25 2021: $7.25 $7.25 is not a livable wage. Pass $15 an hour now.

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  17. Feb 8

    "I live paycheck to paycheck, and it’s a struggle to cover the basic necessities for myself and my 11 year old son," Ieisha Franceis, fast-food worker, Durham, NC. It's time we .

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  18. Feb 8

    "I know what $15 an hour would mean for my family and for workers from coast to coast." .

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  19. Feb 7

    Rent's going up, groceries, bills, EVERYTHING except our wages. We won't be left further behind. Call your Senators: 888-639-5155

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  20. Feb 7

    Who stands to benefit from raising the minimum wage? 32 million Americans, essential workers, parents with families, 31% of Black and 26% of Latino workers. It's past time. Call your Senators and tell them to : 888-639-5155 h/t

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  21. Feb 6

    Who stands to benefit from raising the minimum wage? 32 million Americans. Call your Senators and tell them to : 888-639-5155

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