Hundreds march on Minneapolis City Hall for worker rights, higher wages
Hundreds of workers marched from the US Bancorp Center to Minneapolis City Hall Wednesday, calling on the City Council to support a citywide $15 minimum wage and guarantee workers paid sick time, fair scheduling and increased protection against wage theft.
The march and rally was organized by members of NOC,(link is external)Neighborhoods Organizing for Change; CTUL(link is external), Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en Lucha/Center of Workers United in Struggle; 15Now MN(link is external) and Working America(link is external), a community affiliate of the AFL-CIO. NOC members led the march with a group of drummers and dancers as hundreds of workers and advocates followed through the downtown Minneapolis streets.
At the steps of city hall, Anthony Newby, executive director of NOC, spoke about a recent NOC study that surveyed more than 500 workers in north Minneapolis.
