Fast-Food Workers Plan Nationwide Walkout Aug. 29

Emboldened by an outpouring of support on social media, low-wage fast-food and retail workers from eight cities that staged walkouts earlier this year are calling for a national day of strikes on Aug. 29.

The workers, who are backed by local community groups and national unions and have held one-day walkouts in cities from New York to St. Louis and Detroit, say they have received pledges of support from workers in dozens of cities across the country.

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The workers are calling for a living wage of $15 an hour and the right to form a union. Organizers of the walkout say cashiers, cooks and crew members at fast-food restaurants are paid a median wage of $8.94 an hour.

Since some 200 workers walked off their jobs at fast-food restaurants in New York City last November, the strikes have moved across the country, drawing attention to a fast-growing segment of the workforce that until recently had shown no inclination to organize for purposes of collective bargaining.

 

Source: WashingtonPost