Fast food industry bracing for the biggest round of strikes yet

[LuckyTheDog]

A campaign that began in 2012 with a brief walkout at one fast food restaurant in New York City has now spread across the country. The next round of fast food strikes arrives on Thursday, and organizers promise that it will be the biggest day of action so far.

BillMoyers.com asked Josh Eidelson, who covers labor for Salon, to give us a preview.

Eidelson:

What’s coming next is a round of strikes that will include workers in 150 cities and protests in over 30 countries on May 15. There will be strikes in cities that haven’t seen fast food strikes so far — cities like Philadelphia, Sacramento, Miami and Orlando. And there will be protests from Karachi to Casablanca to Dublin to Geneva to Buenos Aires; a teach-in at McDonald’s in Auckland, New Zealand; flash-mobs in the Philippines, and a strike in Italy the following day, May 16.

MORE HERE: http://wonkynewsnerd.com/fast-food-industry-bracing-biggest-round-strikes-yet/

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1. DURec

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2. Thanks! (nt)

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3. Kick for the workers! n/t