ALJAZEERA: Workers walked off their jobs at fast-food restaurants across the country Thursday as part of a national protest against low wages, a day after President Barack Obama renewed his call for a minimum wage hike.
The action is part of a growing movement against what workers say are substandard working conditions and wages too low for employees to make ends meet. Thousands of labor activists and workers, who were scheduled to start their shifts early Thursday morning, did not show at their jobs and chose to protest instead.
Workers and their supporters are expected to strike at the nation’s major national fast-food restaurants, organizers said, including McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s and KFC. Protesters in cities such as Charleston, S.C., Providence, R.I., and Pittsburgh will join the action for the first time, along with clergy, elected officials and community supporters… (more)
