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Getting worked up over the minimum wage

Working from the New York Communities for Change office in Brooklyn on Aug. 27, Naquasia LeGrand calls fast-food restaurant workers to encourage them to take part in a protest two days later.

Working from the New York Communities for Change office in Brooklyn on Aug. 27, Naquasia LeGrand calls fast-food restaurant workers to encourage them to take part in a protest two days later.   (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Naquasia LeGrand was an apolitical fast-food worker before meeting a union organizer. Now she’s one of the most vocal backers of a movement to double the $7.50-an-hour minimum.

Union recruit

Naquasia LeGrand, visiting the New York Communities for Change office in Brooklyn, hesitated when she was asked to recruit other fast-food workers to the labor movement. But as more people got involved, she felt compelled to do something.   (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Union recruit

Naquasia LeGrand, center, talks with fellow organizers Lyndsey Sutton, left, and Jessica Wolff at the New York Communities for Change office in Brooklyn on Aug. 27. “This is what I do, it’s part of me now, it’s like there’s no stopping it,” she told protesters two days later.   (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

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