Union groups, pro immigrant groups and Occupy Wall St are converging on fast fast restaurants around America in a bid they say is to increase the minimum wage and implement a national minimum wage of fifteen dollars.
Their argument is that people who have low skill jobs should be paid a salary equal to that of a UPS or a Fedex driver.
Of course the people engaging in actions today that “shut down” fast food restaurants are completely unaware of the irony of fighting for a living wage while depriving people of the ability to earn one for a day.
"@McDonalds wages got to go! Hey-hey! Ho-ho!" #fightfor15 #mcstrike #1u: pic.twitter.com/V9SJU4F4or
— SEIU Local1 (@SEIULocal1) December 5, 2013
"I'm fighting for because its not right that we are living in poverty. 8.65 or less is not enough" #fightfor15 pic.twitter.com/htaVMUFQJ0
— Fight For 15 (@fightfor15) December 5, 2013
Hundreds outside the @McDonalds @ Chicago & Damen for #fightfor15 strike! pic.twitter.com/GscoovGgEe
— Arise Chicago (@AriseChicago) December 5, 2013
Solidarity from this Tulsa IBEW sister! #fastfoodstrike #fastfoodstrikes #fightfor15 #1u pic.twitter.com/Y1cEa8mC9e
— Stand Up For Tulsa (@StandUpForTulsa) December 5, 2013