Reuters is reporting that fast food labor organizers said in New York stated Wednesday that workers seeking better compensation and working conditions are planning strikes in 150 cities in the United States on May 15.
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“U.S. fast-food workers taking part will walk off their jobs on May 15 to demand $15 an hour in wages and the right to form a union without retaliation, organizers said.
U.S. cities where strikes are planned include Philadelphia, Sacramento, California; and Miami and Orlando in Florida. Organizers say that protests around the world will include cities in Europe, Asia, South America and Asia, among others.
Advocacy groups involved in planning the strikes include Fast Food Forward and Hungry for Justice, supported by the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Association, which represents about 12 million workers in 126 countries…
…The planned strikes come at a time when U.S. Democrats have been mounting efforts to raise the federal minimum wage ahead of this year’s midterm congressional elections, seeing income inequality as a powerful campaign issue.” Read more here.
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