McDonald's Worker: I'm Striking Because My Son Needs Clothes (protest photos union activity RAISE$)

[Omaha Steve]

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HAYLEY PETERSON DEC. 4, 2014, 10:02 AM



McDonald's worker Adriana Alvarez is one of thousands of fast food workers walking off their jobs Thursday to demand better wages.

Alvarez has worked at a McDonald's in Cicero, Illinois for four years.


Protestors calling for a $15 minimum wage fill a McDonalds restaurant in Chelsea, Mass. on Dec. 4, 2014.


She earned $8.50 an hour until recently, when she got her first raise to $9.75 an hour.

She says the raise was the result of union activity at her store. The minimum hourly wage in Illinois is $8.25.




FULL story at link.

[Kalidurga]

1. it's about time

[daleanime]

2. K&R....

[helpmetohelpyou]

3. I support her but I hope she doesn't get fired for it

All the employees need to strike in that joint not just her

[Omaha Steve]

4. Mc Donalds would have a hard time firing her right now

Striking by even a non union employee is a protected activity by the NLRB. Even trying to say they fired her for something else would need a lot of documentation or proof because she is in the spotlight. I could she the location owner trying something 6-8 months down the road IF the employees don't keep up the public pressure.

The best thing is to just get enough workers at that location to vote in the union like a few Jimmy John's did in Minnesota.

OS

[lonestarnot]

5. Wages are directly linked to union activity.