CNN Money: McDonald’s Workers Plan A Strike in 150 Cities

According to CNN Money, labor organizations are warning job officials of a “workers strike” planned on May 15th. Earlier today, workers rallied in front of a McDonalds in New York. Along with protesting these workers had a letter that demanded increased wages.

[CNN Money Excerpt]

–Currently, the median pay for the fast food workers across the country is just over $9 an hour, or about $18,500 a year. That’s roughly $4,500 lower than Census Bureau’s poverty income threshold level of $23,000 for a family of four. In the past year, many states and cities have taken action by raising the minimum wage. This year alone, Connecticut, Maryland, Hawaii and New Jersey raised the minimum wage for workers.

Organizers see these actions as a testimonial to the success of their campaigns. The latest protests are backed by the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations, a federation composed of 396 trade unions in 126 countries representing a combined 12 million workers.–

Though this strike could have a potential affect on McDonald’s, most experts think this is unlikely because of the high turnover rate correlated with fast-food businesses. It’s kind of crazy to see a CEO McDonalds make 1000 times more than what a full time wage worker at McDonald’s can accumulate. This type of work system has been created to work this way. If workers don’t make a united stand, you can guarantee it will continue this way.