Nearly half of all Black workers in the US make less than $15 an hour: 'How is anybody supposed to live?'

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Nearly half of all Black workers in the US make less than $15 an hour: 'How is anybody supposed to live?'

47% of Black workers and 70% of women of color earn less than $15 an hour, less than a living wage in most major US cities.
Wage suppression among Black workers is still influenced by the history of Jim Crow laws, labor experts say.
Insider spoke to people across the country about how they are fighting and organizing for a more equitable workplace.

Ieisha Franceis wakes up at 4 a.m. every morning and isn't able to put her head down to bed until 11 p.m. that day.

She works at a Freddy's Frozen Custard and Steakburgers in North Carolina. She doesn't own a car and relies on a two hour bus commute to work every day, only after she prepares her 12-year-old son for school.

Franceis works eight hour days earning $12 an hour. That often means having to make decisions about what bills she can pay this month, and what bills she can put off till the next.

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