Mary Kay Henry – President SEIU
We’ve known that the Fight for $15 movement was started by unions to potentially boost up dwindling membership numbers. Well it looks like it might finally be happening. Last week leaders of the movement met with Mary Kay Henry, president of SEIU, where it was decided that Fight for $15 members will vote on an
official affiliation with the union soon. Should the affiliation be decided on, fast food workers will not pay dues at first. No doubt SEIU leadership will work that out eventually. In other alt-labor news, Fight for $15 groups are
protesting at McDonald’s headquarters in Oak Brook, Illinois; the
Coalition of Immokalee Workers has declared a
national boycott against Wendy’s; and it was recently discovered that teachers unions have been
funding millions of dollars to “grassroots” campaigns like
Hedge Clippers, a group that protests hedge funds and their influence on politics.