Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua whakakitea e tētahi whaea takitahi o Chicago he aha te āhua o te noho i runga i te utu a McDonald's, e $10.50 anake te utu mo te haora, ā, ka taea e ia anake te moe i roto i tētahi rūma kua pākia. E kii ana a Adriana Alvarez, 22, ahakoa te āwhina mai i ngā tīkiti kai, Medicaid, me tētahi pūtea tiaki tamariki, he uaua tonu tana mahi, ahakoa kua rima tau ia e mahi ana mō McDonald's. Ko Alvarez tētahi kaiārahi o Fight For $15, he nekehanga ao whānui ki te whakaara i ngā ture utu iti rawa me te whiwhi i te tika ki te whakakotahi. I kii ia ko tana utu i iti ake i mua i tana tiimata me ona hoa kaimahi o te mekameka kai tere ki te whakahee. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. Kua whakaatuhia e te whaea kotahi a Adriana Alvarez, 22, te ahua o te noho ki te utu a McDonald's, i reira ka whiwhi ia i te $ 10.50 noa iho i te haora ka taea anake te moe i roto i te rūma paru i Chicago. Ko Alvarez (i whakaahuahia me tana tama e toru-tau te pakeke a Manny) e kii ana ahakoa te awhina mai i nga tohu kai, Medicaid, me te takoha tiaki tamariki, kaore ia e kaha ki te haere, ahakoa te korero mo McDonald's mo nga tau e rima. I whakapuakina e te whaea i roto i tētahi pou mō Refinery29 ko te mea tuatahi ka mahia e ia me te nui ake o te utu ko te kimi i tētahi 'wāhi tika hei noho' me ngā kura pai mō tana tama e toru-tau te pakeke a Manny. 'Ka ua ana, ka uru te wai ki roto i te whare,' ka tuhituhi a Alvarez mo tana whare kei raro, ko te waahi anake i kii ia ka taea e ia te utu. 'Kei te kawea mai e tēnei haumākū, ā, kāore e taea e au te whakakore i te kakara. Kāore e taea te waiho i tētahi mea ki runga i te papa... ka pakaru pea ngā taonga tākaro, ngā mea rānei kei runga i te papa ina tae mai te wai.' I kii a Alvarez, i muri i te utu mo 'te tiaki tamariki, te kawe ki te mahi, te kai, te riihi, me o maatau utu taketake,' kaore e taea e ia te hoatu tetahi atu mea ki tana tama. 'I nga wa katoa e whakaaro ana ahau ki te kawe i a Manny ki tetahi waahi ngahau, penei i te kiriata, me whakaaro ahau mena ka taea e taatau te utu mo te penehi,' ka tuhi ia. I kii te whaea ahakoa te whakarato i te waiu motuhake e hiahiatia ana e tana tama, e inu ana i te 'hawhe karika i ia rua ra', na te mea kaore i te pai ki a ia te lactose, he pakanga. I te mea he nui ake...
Ko Adriana Alvarez, 22, e whiwhi ana i te $10.50 i te haora, ā, me whakawhirinaki ki ngā tīkiti kai, Medicaid me tētahi pūtea tiaki tamariki hei tiaki i tana tama e toru tau te pakeke. I kii ia ka uru mai te wai ki roto i tana whare i te wa e ua ana ka ngaro ia i te utu mo te ra i te wa e mate ana tana tama na te mea kaore ia e mate. Ko Alvarez tētahi kaiārahi o Fight for $15, he nekehanga ao whānui ki te whakaara i ngā ture utu iti rawa me te whiwhi i te tika ki te whakakotahi. Ko te haurua o nga kaimahi kai tere o te motu e hiahia ana ki etahi momo awhina a te kawanatanga, e ai ki tetahi rangahau hou.