The Fight for $15 and a Union

We The Podcast

Jun 27, 201744:04News & Politics

Six bucks. That’s all someone working full-time at the federal minimum wage would have left over after paying the average rent for a one-bedroom apartment in the United States of America. It’s time to give America a rais...

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