Industrial reporter
UNION activists have insisted that grassroots campaigns are the key to future industrial victories following the successful fight for a $15 minimum wage in the US.
The Fight for $15: Lessons for Yorkshire online meeting on Tuesday night, organised by the Yorkshire & the Humber branch of the TUC, honoured the inspirational US-based Fight for $15 movement, which has created a model for worker-led organising.
The movement began in 2012 when 200 fast food workers in new York walked out to demand a $15 an hour minimum wage and union rights.
It soon spread across the country, prompting states such as California, New Jersey and Florida to commit to a $15-an-hour minimum wage.