Hillary Clinton Tells Fight For 15: \u201cWe Need You\u201d<\/p>\n
By Emily Study<\/a> on June 9, 2015 in Home Care<\/a>, News<\/a><\/p>\n 311<\/strong><\/p>\n As minimum-wage workers across the country continue their fight for higher wages, those in the home care industry were given a boost of support by\u00a0Hillary Clinton, whose endorsement has put the Fight For 15 movement back into the mainstream media.<\/p>\n \u201cHome care workers and adjunct professors, all of you should not have to march in the streets to get a living wage, but thank you for marching in the streets to get that living wage,\u201d she said, speaking by phone<\/a> to more than 1,200 workers and organizers gathered in Detroit on Sunday. \u201cWe need you out there.\u201d<\/p>\n The Fight For 15 movement has\u00a0gained steam<\/a> among home care workers, whose campaigns have joined those of fast-food workers and other industry employees seeking $15 hourly wages and union rights.<\/p>\n President Barack Obama has also acknowledged the growing inequality in economic mobility, noting that it is the \u201cdefining challenge of our time,\u201d in a previous speech<\/a>. But Clinton\u2019s recent endorsement has reignited organizers\u2019 efforts.<\/p>\n \u201cI want to be your champion,\u201d Clinton said.\u00a0\u201cI want to fight with you every day. I\u2019m well aware that the folks on top already have plenty of friends in Washington, but we together will change the direction of this great country.\u201d<\/p>\n Clinton also voiced support for unions and collective bargaining while urging workers who built the Fight For 15 movement to keep up their \u201cimportant\u201d work, the Huffington Post reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI hope that every one of you will continue to raise your voices until we get all working Americans a better deal,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n