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In reply to the discussion: Fast food strikes hit 150 US cities [View all]ymetca
(1,182 posts)28. Watching the Ed Show on MSNBC
Even supposed pro-labor Ed Schultz wants to know whether these fast food quasi-strikes are being organized by unions, or spontaneously erupting from disgruntled workers themselves..
..to which I respond, why does it matter? Is there some reason why the SEIU or the AFL-CIO shouldn't organize these protests?
Why is it okay for corporations to spend billions advertising a constant stream of lies on TV, spy on their workers, steal their wages, demand constant kick-backs and tax breaks, etc., etc., etc., but it's somehow unseemly for labor unions to coordinate with their non-union brothers and sisters?
My, how far we have fallen as a free people..
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If you can, join a picket line, even if on your lunch hour or on the way home from work.
merrily
Sep 2014
#4
Arrests began early Thursday morning outside a busy McDonald's in New York City
Omaha Steve
Sep 2014
#5
Been boycotting McDonalds since '89. Now I am boycotting all fast food until $15.00 is the wage.
marble falls
Sep 2014
#7
Done. Disappointed at the thinking it's not good enough because it's not $22. It'd be better...
freshwest
Sep 2014
#39