Fast Food Worker Protests Over Minimum Wage Spread Across the Globe

[LongTomH]

In the latest skirmish in a year-and-a-half-long war for higher wages, fast food workers in the United States are staging a 150-city-wide protest — and taking their fight overseas.

Fast food workers in at least 33 countries and 80 cities on six continents will join their U.S.-based counterparts, for an expected 230 strikes and protests worldwide, from Seoul to San Salvador, from Brussels to Bangkok, from Auckland to Casablanca. Early in the day, the campaign’s website, FastFoodGlobal.org, showed photos of protesting workers in Hong Kong, Mumbai, Denmark and Bandung, Indonesia.

U.S. workers are demanding $15 an hour — about double the federal minimum wage — in cities such as Oakland, New York City and Raleigh, with first-time protests in Miami, Orlando, Philadelphia and Sacramento. Targeted establishments include McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s and KFC.

The coordinated protests were planned by an international labor federation comprised of 12 million workers across 126 countries. Called the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations, it met in New York last week to plan the protests.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2014/05/15/fast-food-worker-protests-over-minimum-wage-spread-across-the-globe/

[KoKo]

1. Thanks for posting this.

[LongTomH]

2. Did you see this in GD?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024960238

I'm disappointed that the Fast Food/Minimum wage protests haven't attracted more attention. I see this as an extension of what Occupy was doing.

[KoKo]

3. No...I didn't. If it was posted it must not have stayed up long.

Hopefully there will be some interest there if someone sees your post in LBN.

I've been surprised at how little interest there is in labor issues around here these days, though.

[Ash_F]

4. This is a big deal. We need our representatives support. /nt