美國15個城市的工人舉行罷工,要求最低時薪15美元
US workers go on strike in 15 cities to demand S15-an-hour minimum wage
第一段
Workers at fast-food restaurant chains in 15 cities around the US went on strike on Tuesday demanding a raise in their minimum wage to S15 an hour. The workers at McDonald's, Burger King and Wendy's joined by home care and nursing home workers, took action as the Biden administration is attempting to push through an increase in the federal minimum wage from $7.25, in what would be the first increase in since 2009.
參考譯文:周二,美國15個城市的快餐連鎖店員工舉行罷工,要求將最低工資提高至每小時15美元。麥當勞、漢堡王和溫迪快餐店的員工,以及家庭護理和養老院的員工,都參與了罷工。因為拜登政府正試圖推動聯邦最低工資從7.25美元上調,這將是自2009年以來的首次上調。
【重點詞組翻譯】
Fast-food: 供應快餐的
Chain: 連鎖商店
Push through: 使…被通過
第二段
Since 2012, the Fight for $15 movement has organized low-wage workers around the US to push for state and local minimum wage increases and to increase the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. "We hear you out there applauding essential workers. We see the big show you make of thanking us. But to be honest, that hasn't translated into changes for my life. We were living on a razor's edge long before Covid-19 hit South Carolina. And we're living on it still" said Taiwanna Milligan, a McDonald's worker in Charleston who makes $8.75 an hour after working at the restaurant chain for eight years, in a recent op-ed demanding a $15-an- hour federal minimum wage increase.
參考譯文:自2012年以來,「爭取15美元運動」組織集結了美國各地的低薪工人,推動提高州和地方最低工資,並將聯邦最低工資提高到每小時15美元。在最近一篇要求提高聯邦最低工資每小時15美元的專欄文章中,泰萬特·米利根說,「我們聽到你們稱讚重要工人,我們看到了你們對我們致謝的大型遊行。但說實話,這並沒有給我的生活帶來改變。早在新冠疫情蔓延至南卡羅來納州之前,我們的生活境況就岌岌可危。我們依然照舊生活。」他在查爾斯頓的麥當勞工作了八年,每小時掙8.75美元。
【重點詞組翻譯】
Push for: 奮力爭取
Be on the razor’s edge: 處於非常危險的困境
Hit: 到達(某地)
Op-ed: 報紙的專欄版
第三段
Workers are conducting the strikes as a proposal to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025 is included in the coronavirus relief package House Democrats plan to pass and send to the Senate over the next two weeks.
參考譯文:工人們舉行罷工的原因是,眾議院民主黨人計劃在未來兩周內通過並提交參議院的冠狀病毒救助方案中,包括了一項到2025年將聯邦最低工資提高到每小時15美元的提案。
【重點詞組翻譯】
Proposal: 提案
Package: 一套東西,一攬子交易
Senate: 參議院
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