article_snippet.sent: A Chicago single mother said A Chicago single mother pay used to be even lower before A Chicago single mother and fellow employees of the fast food chain began to protest.
article_snippet.sent: The mother revealed in a column for Refinery29 that the first thing The mother would do with an increased wage would be to find a 'decent place to live' with good schools for The mother . '
article_snippet.sent: she said that most of she co-workers are 'in the same boat', forced to rely on government assistance 'no matter how long her co-workers've held her co-workers jobs'.
article_snippet.sent: she said she pay used to be even lower before she and fellow employees began protesting .
article_snippet.sent: And, even for those who do get an increased wage, Alvarez argues that the number would 'hardly going to lift any working family out of poverty'.
article_snippet.sent: And higher wages aren't all Alvarez and her co-workers are fighting for.
article_snippet.sent: her said Fight For $15 is also protesting for the ability to form a union 'without interference from management'.
article_snippet.sent: Alvarez writes that she needs a union to help negotiate sick days, which she said she is currently not provided with, costing she a day's worth of wages when she has to stay home if she son is ill.
article_snippet.sent: It doesn't seem right that people who work with children or who serve food aren't paid enough to support people who work with children or who serve food own kids or put food on people who work with children or who serve food own table,' she writes. '