Fast-Food Workers Arrested At Protests

Fast-Food Workers Arrested At Protests 'Fight for $15' underway across the U.S. Carol KoppSep 3rd 2014 5:50AMUpdated Sep 4th 2014 2:41PM A strike by low-wage workers against America's biggest fast-food chains kicked off Thursday with the reported arrests of 19 protesters outside a McDonald's in the middle of New York City's Times Square. About 400 demonstrators chanted and waved signs, while early-morning customers streamed in and out of the giant McDonald's on West 42nd Street, according to The New York Daily News. More demonstrators were arrested in Philadelphia, Detroit and Chicago. An organization of fast-food workers planned demonstrations in as many as 150 cities across the U.S. as they continue to dramatize their demand for a pay increase to a minimum $15 an hour. Hoping to turn the heat up on more low-wage employers, the movement's organizers added another service industry to the mix: Home care workers are invited to join Thursday's protests. Workers for McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's and KFC restaurants in Little Rock, Ark., Minneapolis, Minn., and Rochester, N.Y. are among those who are expected to walk off their jobs. Employees of the fast-food giants from outside the U.S. have been invited to join their American colleagues at protests in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City and Raleigh. St. Louis is one big city that will be spared protests, in light of the recent turmoil in nearby Ferguson that followed the shooting death of a young man by a police officer. Workers from St. Louis outlets have been invited to travel to protests in nearby cities. Thursday's demonstrations are the latest round in a series of protests that began almost two years ago, coinciding with a national debate over the federal minimum wage, currently set at $7.25 an hour. The group, which has been funded by the Service Employees International Union, was buoyed by a Labor Day weekend shout-out from President Barack Obama. In a speech in Milwaukee, the president noted, "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." This is another reason why you need to take a serious look at our NEW Company...GANOLIFE! www.ganolifevo.com/ganoforlifeusa.