Across the country, #StrikeFastFood has brought out protesters demanding a $15 minimum wage for fast food workers:
We SHUT IT DOWN! Popeyes on Wharton St in Pittsburgh closed due to strike! #StrikeFastFood pic.twitter.com/hGDe1wDxOp
— Andrea (@andreamarie216) September 4, 2014
Detroit police arrest 25 people blocking traffic by McDonalds on Mack near Grosse Pointe as part of #StrikeFastFood pic.twitter.com/loQFPh0p3D
— JC Reindl (@jcreindl) September 4, 2014
St Louis workers striking with Little Rock. Ready to hit the streets #StrikeFastFood pic.twitter.com/0Zyqj3lzgR
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) September 4, 2014
Civil disobedience in Little Rock. Workers blocking intersection #StrikeFastFood pic.twitter.com/3JbiC1N863
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) September 4, 2014
Police told everyone who doesn't want to be arrested to leave. 11 remain in road. #StrikeFastFood pic.twitter.com/CnBUMxAOCi
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) September 4, 2014
100s take the street in Chicago, elevating demand for 15 and a union! #StrikeFastFood #FF15 pic.twitter.com/yVJXEfDDWl
— Jacob SwensonLengyel (@_JacobSL) September 4, 2014
RT @FastFoodForward: First worker arrested for $15 and union rights. #StrikeFastFood pic.twitter.com/zIAEar0Nwb
— día bùi (@diaqbui) September 4, 2014
https://twitter.com/YourAnonGlobal/status/507526725719572481
https://twitter.com/TheAnonMessage/status/507527418928971776
https://twitter.com/heyrubino/status/507526507330560000
We've taken the street in Chicago! "We fired up, can't take it not more!" #StrikeFastFood @SOULInChicago pic.twitter.com/yX72ctFW0d
— Emma LaBounty (@labountye) September 4, 2014
Fast food workers who vowed to do whatever it takes to win are being arrested at 87th & Dan Ryan #StrikeFastFood #1u pic.twitter.com/rq3MnhuIWc
— IL HC Fight for 15 (@IL_homecareff15) September 4, 2014
"Take the streets!" Whose streets? our streets! #StrikeFastFood #FastFoodStrike #15AndAUnion #RaisetheWage pic.twitter.com/2JvQcPlJKH
— AK (@ak4931) September 4, 2014
81-year old McDonald's worker Jose Carrillo arrested #strikefastfood pic.twitter.com/N9MJyXl62r
— Daniel Massey (@masseydaniel) September 4, 2014
Workers stage walkout for higher wages in Houston, nationwide: http://t.co/kRbBeHf6cc #StrikeFastFood #hounews pic.twitter.com/zl1GZbN0cD
— Kristy Gillentine Callaway (@KrisGillentine) September 4, 2014
Oakland breaking out the signs at today's strike #strikefastfood, #HomeCare15 pic.twitter.com/tNxblcyIwh #utc
— … (@UnToldCarlisle) September 4, 2014
Breaking: fast food workers are blocking 42nd st in #NYC for $15 and union rights. #StrikeFastFood pic.twitter.com/G6ls3vBhNf
— Fast Food Forward (@FastFoodForward) September 4, 2014
"We are scrappin' and scrapin' to get by… This should not be in a country as rich as America." #StrikeFastFood pic.twitter.com/6tOei8goO1
— Fight For 15 (@fightfor15) September 4, 2014
The crowd has taken the street in front of Burger King and McDonald's! Hundreds on 87th! #StrikeFastFood pic.twitter.com/pubiQju5GX
— Fight For 15 (@fightfor15) September 4, 2014
Wrkrs have arrived at @McDonalds in south side Chi & #StrikeFastFood is underway! pic.twitter.com/AGi5sMW1wY
— Fight For 15 (@fightfor15) September 4, 2014
Goooood morning world! Coming live from Greensboro, NC Fast Food Workers are officially on strike! #StrikeFastFood pic.twitter.com/sNkcVSTeVA
— Raise Up For $15 (@RaiseUpfor15) September 4, 2014
workers from Detroit, River Rouge & Southfield come together for a common cause. #StrikeFastFood pic.twitter.com/RouEaljm6z
— … (@UnToldCarlisle) September 4, 2014
More fast food wrkrs being arrested at McDonalds & BurgerKing #southside #Chicago #StrikeFastFood pic.twitter.com/0A5ppv9Jer #utc
— … (@UnToldCarlisle) September 4, 2014
https://twitter.com/resnikoff/status/507513265069768704
Detroit fast food workers peacefully protest, get arrested for demanding living wage, union #StrikeFastFood pic.twitter.com/94MMZ4hflT
— PeoplesWorld (@PeoplesWorld) September 4, 2014
#fastfood workers just took 87th street! #strikefastfood pic.twitter.com/80xHqjwgVz
— Arise Chicago (@AriseChicago) September 4, 2014
MT @THV11: Demonstrators taking part of #StrikeFastFood nationwide demonstration. http://t.co/v8EhDpMwC7 pic.twitter.com/dGNd1vx8xK
— Holly (@hollye83) September 4, 2014
#strikefastfood #mcdonalds #philly @FifteenNow @fightfor15 @SocialistAltPA pic.twitter.com/smpSbIVptw
— 15 Now Philly (@15nowPhilly) September 4, 2014
Hey @McDonalds, I’m with the #StrikeFastFood workers. No one can survive on $7.25 an hour: http://t.co/8NaoDDMW4O
— #GOPValues are killing US ❤️?? (@VerneLaVurl) September 4, 2014
https://twitter.com/SouledadBrother/status/507530269948379136
"It's not just us here in Sacramento. We're doing this across the state and across the country!" #StrikeFastFood pic.twitter.com/EAJGySaQ6g
— SEIU California (@seiucalifornia) September 4, 2014
AMAZING strike line in Houston as fast food workers chant “Can’t survive on $7.25!” #StrikeFastFood via @TXOrgProject pic.twitter.com/LFvtHD6ReE
— SEIU (@SEIU) September 4, 2014
How many of the people involved are actually fast food workers and not union activists is anybody’s guess.
Meanwhile, back in the land of common sense…
https://twitter.com/andrewpcurrier/status/507522381746032640
That burger won't flip itself… oh wait #StrikeFastFood pic.twitter.com/opb3nmACDt
— 4th-Party Pol (@PointlessPol) September 4, 2014
https://twitter.com/obamaphone2/status/507529998476275712
https://twitter.com/JustEric/status/507520625851006977
#StrikeFastFood demanding the right to unionize who will than take their pay for their union fat cat bosses pockets… #morons
— ? Calamity Bean ? (@BeanfromPa) September 4, 2014
Makes a lot of sense to #StrikeFastFood instead of striking against gov't policies that discourage employment and reduce buying power, *smh*
— This 50 char name is great and so is Toto's Africa (@AspiringThrawn) September 4, 2014
Hey #StrikeFastFood do you think having millions more of low-skilled poor illegal aliens will help raise or lower your wages?
— ¡El Sooopèrr! ن c137 (@SooperMexican) September 4, 2014
https://twitter.com/arsenal_usmc/status/507530342073659392
https://twitter.com/Patriot_Musket/status/507524917479211008
https://twitter.com/Patriot_Musket/status/507525734298951680
#StrikeFastFood minimum wage jobs should be for HS students only. Go back to school. Learn more, make more and move up. YOU CAN DO IT!
— Bootsybooboo (@bootsybooboo63) September 4, 2014
https://twitter.com/GOPMommy/status/507514960042532864
https://twitter.com/JayStylus/status/507530037542010880
Because I want to pay $3 for a McDonald's cheeseburger. #StrikeFastFood
— Jawbreaker ❌ (@KeepItRealist) September 4, 2014
https://twitter.com/IP_Capture/status/507529922752303104
https://twitter.com/rdengr123/status/507530067854237696
https://twitter.com/BruceNV/status/507530118601138176
Striking for better wages? Why not research job listings for better wages! #StrikeFastFood
WAARadio pic.twitter.com/4rYiUwUH7m
— ✭ Wayne Dupree ✭ (@WayneDupreeShow) September 4, 2014
I feel bad that some workers aren't paid enough to survive but I don't even make $15 with a bachelor's degree in journalism! #StrikeFastFood
— Ashley Wallinger (@fashion_ash) September 4, 2014
McDonalds workers demand $15 minimum wage? LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!
— Steven Crowder (@scrowder) September 4, 2014
@scrowder With that will come $15 burgers and then there will be no customers and that $15 won't matter without job openings.
— Nathanael Brown (@Nathanael_Brown) September 4, 2014
How true.
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