Fast food worker strike planned for today

The strike is planned from the Fight for 15 movement and will include thousands of fast food workers across the United States. This is going to be similar to the strike back in May, but this one is going to include acts of civil disobedience. If the workers risk arrest then this would be a major escalation in the fight for fair pay and union membership. Ned Resnikoff has a piece over at MSNBC on the strike.

This is the first action since the Fight for 15 convention back in July. Terrence Wise, a Missouri-based Burger King employee and member of the Fight for 15 national organizing committee said, “Thirteen hundred workers unanimously adopted a resolution at our convention in July to do whatever it takes to wine $15 an hour and union rights, including participating in non-violent, peaceful protests in the tradition of the civil rights movement. On Thursday, we are prepared to take arrests to show our commitment to the growing Fight for $15.”

President Obama acknowledged that “America deserves a raise,” which came a few hours before the strike was announced. The push toward civil disobedience is hoping to force the corporations to pay attention to the cause and the workers. 

*Update: JJ always finds the best graphics.

"Fast food workers don't need a raise" Shut up. pic.twitter.com/vOIP1zuHRT
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