Taiwanna Milligan

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Taiwanna Milligan is a low-wage worker and longtime leader with Raise Up and Fight for $15 and a Union. She began organizing to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour when she worked at McDonald's, earning $8 an hour. Taiwanna is a committed mother, outspoken activist, and community leader, fighting for living wages and unions for all workers. She lives in Santee, South Carolina.

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VOICES: Southern workers are teaching each other how to organize

By Taiwanna Milligan

August 25, 2022 - Taiwanna Milligan, who helped organize a recent strike at the Dollar General store where she works in South Carolina, participated in a series of Worker Power Trainings held by Raise Up members in several Southern communities this summer. She shares what she heard from some of the workers who participated.

Taiwanna Milligan

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VOICES: Southern workers are teaching each other how to organize

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