NEW YORK (TheBlaze/AP) — McDonald’s, Wendy’s and other fast-food restaurants are expected to be targeted with acts of civil disobedience in 150 U.S. cities that could lead to arrests Thursday as labor organizers escalate their campaign to unionize the fast-food industry’s workers.
Kendall Fells, an organizing director for Fast Food Forward, said workers in a few dozen cities were trained to peacefully engage in civil disobedience ahead of this week’s planned protests.
Fells declined to say what exactly is in store for the protests, but workers involved in the movement recently cited sit-ins as an example of strategies they could use to intensify their push for higher pay and unionization. Past protests have targeted a couple of restaurants in each city for a limited time, in many cases posing little disruption to operations.
The “Fight for $15″ campaign has gained national attention at a time when growing income disparities have become a hot political issue.
If fast food workers start making 15 $ per hour, you can kiss your 5$ combo meal good bye...
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Kendall Fells, an organizing director for Fast Food Forward, said workers in a few dozen cities were trained to peacefully engage in civil disobedience ahead of this week’s planned protests.
Fells declined to say what exactly is in store for the protests, but workers involved in the movement recently cited sit-ins as an example of strategies they could use to intensify their push for higher pay and unionization. Past protests have targeted a couple of restaurants in each city for a limited time, in many cases posing little disruption to operations.
The “Fight for $15″ campaign has gained national attention at a time when growing income disparities have become a hot political issue.
If fast food workers start making 15 $ per hour, you can kiss your 5$ combo meal good bye...
Read it all here...
http://bit.ly/1w1UN9D
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