GiantMonkeyMan
29th November 2012, 22:30
http://www.salon.com/2012/11/29/in_rare_strike_nyc_fast_food_workers_walk_out/
After a Black Friday action at Wal-Mart, NYC fast-food workers walk out, challenging a nearly union-free industry
At 6:30 this morning, New York City fast food workers walked off the job, launching a rare strike against a nearly union-free industry. Organizers expect workers at dozens of stores to join the one-day strike, a bold challenge to an industry whose low wages, limited hours and precarious employment typify a growing portion of the U.S. economy.
New York City workers are organizing at McDonalds, Burger King, Dominos, KFC, Taco Bell, Wendys and Papa Johns. Organizers expect todays strike to include workers from almost all of those chains, with the largest group coming from McDonalds; the company did not respond to a request for comment.
But employees were clear about their reasons for walking out. Theyre not paying us enough to survive, McDonalds worker Raymond Lopez told Salon in a pre-strike interview. Lopez said he decided to join todays strike because This company has enough money to pay us a reasonable amount for all that we do theyre just not going to give it to us as long as they can get away with it. I think we need to be heard.
First Walmart and now the fast food industry as well? Fucking awesome. All these under-appreciated, over-worked proles organising is a great sign.
After a Black Friday action at Wal-Mart, NYC fast-food workers walk out, challenging a nearly union-free industry
At 6:30 this morning, New York City fast food workers walked off the job, launching a rare strike against a nearly union-free industry. Organizers expect workers at dozens of stores to join the one-day strike, a bold challenge to an industry whose low wages, limited hours and precarious employment typify a growing portion of the U.S. economy.
New York City workers are organizing at McDonalds, Burger King, Dominos, KFC, Taco Bell, Wendys and Papa Johns. Organizers expect todays strike to include workers from almost all of those chains, with the largest group coming from McDonalds; the company did not respond to a request for comment.
But employees were clear about their reasons for walking out. Theyre not paying us enough to survive, McDonalds worker Raymond Lopez told Salon in a pre-strike interview. Lopez said he decided to join todays strike because This company has enough money to pay us a reasonable amount for all that we do theyre just not going to give it to us as long as they can get away with it. I think we need to be heard.
First Walmart and now the fast food industry as well? Fucking awesome. All these under-appreciated, over-worked proles organising is a great sign.