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NEW YORK (AP) — McDonald's, Wendy's and other fast-food restaurants are expected to be targeted with acts of civil disobedience that could lead to arrests Thursday as labor organizers escalate their campaign to unionize the industry's workers.Kendall Fells, an organizing director for Fast Food Forward, said workers in a couple of dozen cities were trained to peacefully engage in civil disobedience ahead of this week's planned protests.
Fells declined to say what exactly is in store for the protests in around 150 U.S. cities. But workers involved in the movement recently cited sit-ins as an example of strategies they could use to intensify their push for higher pay and unionization. Past protests have targeted a couple of restaurants in each city for a limited time, in many cases posing little disruption to operations.
A spokesman for the Service Employees International Union, which has been spearheading the protests, said home health care aides will join the actions in some locations.
The "Fight for $15" campaign has gained national attention at a time when growing income disparities have become a hot political issue. President Barack Obama renewed his push for Congress to raise the minimum wage at a Labor Day appearance in Milwaukee.
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They deserve a wage increase. Hell everyone working minimum wage does. We have a problem in this country, and its vast inequality. All the people that seem to be against wage increases are those who are fortunate enough not to work in those jobs. Fast food workers are no longer just for teens starting their first job, there are parents, adults, grandparents, uncles. Many college grades work there too. I am willing to pay a little more extra to help these workers out. [/FONT][/COLOR]
My understanding was that civil disobedience was against a government entity. Are they really protesting the businesses or are they expecting government action?
Does that mean we'll be seeing more jackboot thugs pointing rifles at citizens and more violations of their civil and constitutional rights?
Hope they all are fired.
Now?It seems to be the answer to all things there now.
I wonder about the claims of a president as to the health of a nation when a simple labor dispute becomes a threat of violence.
I guess, when you have a leader who simply refuses to compromise on anything, then compromise is impossible at the street level.
On this day in 1937, nearly two weeks into a sit-down strike by General Motors (GM) auto workers at the Fisher Body Plant No. 2 in Flint, Michigan, a riot breaks out when police try to prevent the strikers from receiving food deliveries from supporters on the outside. Strikers and police officers alike were injured in the melee, which was later nicknamed the "Battle of the Running Bulls." After the January 11 riot, Michigan governor Frank Murphy called in the National Guard to surround the plant.
I dont think it has to be against a government, just some sort of "power figure". Just has to be peaceful.
Excellent. I wonder if Burger King will be represented? Of course, Sherrod Brown has called for a mass boycott of BK and if he has his way, then they won't even need to worry about that $7.25.
What should burger flippers be paid anyway?
Why on earth would Sherrod Brown call for a boycott of Burger King, when the CEO is a fellow Democrat - other than that's what his party does when they don't understand how the business world operates? Doesn't he realize that a boycott only hurts the people who work there, or doesn't he care about that? So why isn't he also calling for a boycott of GM? His constituents are directly affected with loss of jobs when GM decides to build cars in China and Mexico instead of the US. Why the double standard, Sherrod? :thumbdown:
Why on earth would Sherrod Brown call for a boycott of Burger King, when the CEO is a fellow Democrat - other than that's what his party does when they don't understand how the business world operates? Doesn't he realize that a boycott only hurts the people who work there, or doesn't he care about that? So why isn't he also calling for a boycott of GM? His constituents are directly affected with loss of jobs when GM decides to build cars in China and Mexico instead of the US. Why the double standard, Sherrod? :thumbdown:
Demanding pay for work that is not worth that much.For?
The right of organizing and collective bargaining is a long established right, hard won by the likes of Walter Reuther at the battle of the overpass. I am afraid your days of punishing strikers is over as it's illegal.
IF anyone., we see only a threat, does commit acts of violence you have a criminal justice department.
Can someone tell me what an appropriate wage is for someone who flips burgers, pops a wire basket of fries in grease, or sits at the driveup window taking money or credit cards and asking "Do you want sauce with that?"
Read more @: CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE EXPECTED IN FAST-FOOD PAY FIGHT
They deserve a wage increase. Hell everyone working minimum wage does. We have a problem in this country, and its vast inequality. All the people that seem to be against wage increases are those who are fortunate enough not to work in those jobs. Fast food workers are no longer just for teens starting their first job, there are parents, adults, grandparents, uncles. Many college grades work there too. I am willing to pay a little more extra to help these workers out. [/FONT][/COLOR]
Why on earth would Sherrod Brown call for a boycott of Burger King, when the CEO is a fellow Democrat - other than that's what his party does when they don't understand how the business world operates? Doesn't he realize that a boycott only hurts the people who work there, or doesn't he care about that? So why isn't he also calling for a boycott of GM? His constituents are directly affected with loss of jobs when GM decides to build cars in China and Mexico instead of the US. Why the double standard, Sherrod? :thumbdown:
Demanding pay for work that is not worth that much.
Attempting to hold hostage the company that pays them at all.
I refuse to eat there based a lot on the fact that I wonder what a bunch of disgruntled employees would do to my food. I cant be the only one.
Can someone tell me what an appropriate wage is for someone who flips burgers, pops a wire basket of fries in grease, or sits at the driveup window taking money or credit cards and asking "Do you want sauce with that?"
Why on earth would Sherrod Brown call for a boycott of Burger King, when the CEO is a fellow Democrat - other than that's what his party does when they don't understand how the business world operates? Doesn't he realize that a boycott only hurts the people who work there, or doesn't he care about that? So why isn't he also calling for a boycott of GM? His constituents are directly affected with loss of jobs when GM decides to build cars in China and Mexico instead of the US. Why the double standard, Sherrod? :thumbdown:
I'll tell you why, the unions are big campaign donors and eventually they want to unionize fastfood workers. And the gains these workers would receive with a minimum wage hike would eventually go right to the union. FACT
I'll tell you why, the unions are big campaign donors and eventually they want to unionize fastfood workers. And the gains these workers would receive with a minimum wage hike would eventually go right to the union. FACT
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