Fast-Food Workers Are Planning Massive Protests Across The US

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http://www.businessinsider.com/r-fast-food-workers-to-launch-intensified-protests-across-us-2014-9


Demonstrators chant in the driveway during a protest at the McDonald's headquarters in Oak Brook

(Reuters) - McDonald's line cooks, Burger King cashiers and other fast-food restaurant workers across the U.S. plan to walk off the job on Thursday in an ongoing battle with their employers to gain a $15 hourly wage, organizers said on Monday.

The protests, announced on Twitter by organizer Fight For 15, come as cities across the nation propose minimum wage increases while Democrats seek to raise the federal minimum wage ahead of this year's mid-term congressional elections.

Fast food workers have launched a series of protests over the last nearly two years to bring awareness to their demands, which include the right to unionize without retaliation.

In one of the last major actions, restaurant workers launched rallies in 150 cities, including Boston, Chicago, New York and Miami in May.



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[merrily]

1. If you possibly can, pack a lunch and spend your lunch hour picketing.

Try making a sign reading something like "Consumer Supporting Workers."

(I am not the most brilliant sloganeer. If you can think of a way to convey that concept in punchier way, please share.)

[sabrina 1]

2. People power. I love it. Now, they should form a union.

THIS should be on the Front Page!

[conservaphobe]

3. This is why I'm a lefty.

Movements like this.

Working people fighting for higher wages and better benefits.

[TBF]

4. Good. I won't cross that picket line.

Solidarity!

[Laelth]

5. k&r for labor. n/t

-Laelth

[Omaha Steve]

6. K&R!

[pipi_k]

7. OK so this is the difference...

between, IMO, stupid consumer boycotts and actual employee protests.

Not everyone is going to boycott a business.

But if the employees of a business didn't show up for work, damned sure something would get done!

I raise my glass to them in salute.