Hillary will celebrate the Fight for $15 victory in NYC. Bernie has actually been a fighter.

[Vattel]

Hillary Clinton will be joining New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Monday for a rally in the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center at 11 a.m. to celebrate the historic $15/hour minimum wage legislation. Speaking as someone who worked for the Fight for $15 from the very first action in NYC, let me explain why this is an appalling betrayal of workers.

Fast-food workers marched in the streets and shut down stores for years, while an army of online supporters shared viral photos, memes, and news. And we did it again and again. Despite all odds and haters telling us that a $15 minimum wage would never happen — and still telling us that we should be “realistic” — we started winning and never looked back.

Fight for $15 is arguably the greatest union victory in decades, perhaps even the greatest victory of the progressive movement in recent history. One of those victories came eight months ago, when the Democratic Party adopted a $15/hour minimum wage in the official party platform, weeks after Bernie Sanders introduced legislation in Congress.

By contrast, Hillary Clinton is the only prominent Democrat who refused to endorse $15/hour. Bernie Sanders won’t remind people of this, so I will: He was in the streets with fast-food workers every time. There’s photos of him marching with workers in the pouring fucking rain, and he’s the one who pushed Democrats to adopt it. Yet, Hillary Clinton will be on the stage tomorrow for the victory moment.

http://usuncut.com/politics/hillary-15-hour-minimum-wage/

[Skwmom]

1. Hillary Come Lately.

Once the fight is won she swoops in to take credit.

[PonyUp]

3. That's what liars do.

[FlatBaroque]

2. I am starting to find her schtick absolutely deplorable

But because internet, this will be exposed for the self-serving act that it is.

[FlatBaroque]

4. Her appearance should be heavily protested.

[stillwaiting]

6. Yes. In a way that will make this go viral. She truly deserves fallout from this. nt

[stillwaiting]

5. Hillary loves to take credit for things she did jack shit towards making a reality.

Damn shame so many within the Dem Party let her get away with it.

[Kip Humphrey]

7. The Establishment takes credit for the "unrealistic" efforts of the working poor.

The Elites simply cannot resist usurping any success, even ones they hate.

Disgusting? Yes. SOP? Of course.

[NorthCarolina]

8. You mean the Fight for a $12/hr starting point for discussion? That's the Hillary plan.

Perhaps she is going to the $15/hr rally to tell those folks to "Cut It Out"? To school them on why $15/hr is nothing more than pie-in-the-sky dreaming with no possible chance at becoming reality? That's gotta be it, because showing up and pretending to support their $15/hr cause is beyond lame.

[Vattel]

9. There is also this report from Nevada:

Ahead of Nevada's Democratic caucuses, the Service Employees International Union is distributing literature to members touting Hillary Clinton's support for a $15 hourly wage for workers. But Clinton, who won SEIU's endorsement in November, has not actually endorsed a federal $15 minimum wage. Clinton has said since the beginning of her campaign that she backs a federal minimum wage of $12 an hour.

“Hillary Clinton supports our fight for $15 and a union,” read the SEIU fliers, which were distributed in English and Spanish.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-dem-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/02/hillary-clinton-service-employees-international-union-219541#ixzz44s8YtwNq

It is easy to say that you are for something. It is harder to fight for it.