Fast food workers strike

Workers from McDonalds, Burger King, Wendys and KFC are striking. They  are  wanting their employers to increase their minimum wage to $15/hour and allow them to form unions. Currently the average wage is bout $9/hour which is lower than the poverty level for families.

Strike

This is the largest strike  ever to hit the $200 billion dollar fast-food industry. It is estimated that thousands of workers are involved in the strike across 60 cities.

Strike

Strikes took place in Chicago, Denver, Boston ,  Houston, Los Angeles, Memphis and dozens of other cities.

A number of community leaders and local politicians joined the rally in New York City where  speeches  were given outside a McDonald’s near the Empire State Building.

Strike

The campaign, organized by a coalition of labor, community and clergy groups called Fast Food Forward, has been building momentum since last November. Retail workers from stores such as Macy’s,  Sears ,Walgreens and Victoria’s Secret also joined some of strikers, organizers said.

 

 

 

 

http://www.badassbutton.com/077541a345904b00af4df7b56f935b13