15 Now to Starbucks's CEO: Pay Your Employees $15 an Hour! On Saturday, April 12, New York City workers and 15 Now (15now.org) activists gathered on the Fulton Mall in Brooklyn to participate in a national day of action against Starbucks Corporation.
ascent - an upward slope or grade (as in a road); the car couldn't make it up the rise. acclivity, climb, upgrade, raise, rise. incline, slope, side - an elevated geological formation; he climbed the steep slope; the house was built on the side of a mountain.
noun. 1  A task or venture undertaken: Climbing the mountain was a dangerous undertaking. 2  The action of beginning a task or venture: the undertaking of the expedition. 3  A guaranty, pledge, or promise: gave an undertaking that he would not disclose trade secrets. 4  The profession or duties of a funeral director.