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Title: 'Gives Me Hope': How Low-Paid Workers Rose Up Against Stagnant Wages Author: Alina Selyukh
*Source: *NPR
*Date:* Feb 25, 2020
*Summary:* Initially, in 2012, it started with mainly fast-food and retail workers. But within years, the campaign drew in low-wage workers from all over, including those with jobs in airports https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dr-gridlock/wp/2016/11/28/airport-workers-at-major-u-s-hubs-to-join-fight-for-15-protests-tuesday/, child and health care, even universities. It grew into one of the largest waves of labor activism in recent history.
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