- Ten years ago, fast food workers took to the streets of New York to strike for a $15 minimum wage.
- Since then, 30 states have raised their wages above the federal rate.
- Workers involved in Fight for 15 for years have seen their wages grow, and organizing continue.
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A decade ago, Greg Reynoso had a revelation in midtown Manhattan.
Reynoso, 36, was working as a delivery driver for Domino's in 2012. He was making $7.25, the minimum wage at the time. But on November 29, 2012, he became something else: A worker on strike.
Months before, Reynoso and his coworkers had been approached by organizers with the nascent Fight for 15 movement.
"I didn't know much about what they were talking about. I just knew that my job was horrible. We were getting paid really bad and we needed a change," he told Insider. That led to him joining the now-historic strike on November 29, alongside around 200 other fast food workers.
Today, it's not unheard of to see workers walking out for better pay and working conditions. But in 2012, low-wage service workers going on strike was a new development in labor organizing. The...
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