Fast Food Workers Plan Civil Disobedience And Arrests In Minimum Wage Fight
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McDonald's, Wendy's, and Burger King are among the restaurants that will be targeted, according to organizers.
This is the latest in a string of protests involving fast-food workers.
Protestors stormed McDonald's headquarters in May ahead of its annual shareholders meeting, leading to dozens of arrests. The company was forced to vacate one of the buildings on its campus as a result of the demonstration.
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Protestors are calling for a $15 minimum wage. The federal minimum wage is currently $7.25 an hour, which adds up to about $15,000 a year assuming a 40-hour workweek.
In a Labor Day speech in Milwaukee, President Obama mentioned the protestors' campaign, saying, "All across the country right now there's a national movement going on made up of fast-food workers organizing to lift wages so they can provide for their families with pride and dignity. There is no denying a simple truth. America deserves a raise."
Obama added that he would want a union "looking out" for him if he worked in the service industry.
"If I were busting my butt in the service industry and wanted an honest day's pay for an honest day's work, I'd join a union," he said. "I'd want a union looking out for me."
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The fast food movement is funded and organized by the Service Employees International Union. In addition to protests, labor organizers have been calling attention to abuses in the fast food industry with lawsuits alleging wage theft.
In one recent case, a McDonald's franchise owner was forced to pay nearly $500,000 in back wages to employees who were illegally underpaid.
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