It is now “wage theft” same as abortion is “reproductive health”
Via NRO
Labor groups held 30 protests against McDonald’s franchises across the country Tuesday. The focus of today’s protests is “wage theft,” part of an ongoing campaign to raise the federal minimum wage.
In New York City, organizers chose to protest the McDonald’s at 33rd Street and 5th Avenue, across from the Empire State Building.
The protest was planned for 11:30 am, but protestors did not show up on time. Around 11:45, reporters found protestors eating a late-morning meal and drinking coffee at a Wendy’s restaurant next door to McDonald’s.
When asked which fast food restaurant the wage theft opponents would protest next, one protestor responded, “All of them!”
Protestors moved from brunch at Wendy’s to protesting at the neighboring McDonald’s. The protestors poured in to occupy the McDonald’s, with a large number of reporters following close behind.
The store manager quickly assembled what police officers he could find to kick out media members, but this reporter was able to order a coffee and sit in a booth as a paying customer. About 100 protestors and customers filled the lobby, and police moved to shut down the restaurant.
When restaurant operations stopped, a bearded and handcuffed Ronald McDonald was brought in to lead chants of “Yes we can! and “Every nickel every dime, we deserve our overtime!”