Fast food strikes continue to sweep the nation

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvQWC79I3-haJV3nBc6jC5uJ7Saf8PRcn0e6mr1zHv6JuammnoM_phyphenhyphenj4ue0X7dGPUVMp_XZDc3rLPSF_7zTueb2BSJM38E-mE5JpuDI4jLa7DGQSgEk7YozSRV_XHOMyI8QkU86fYacJ9/s1600/mcd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvQWC79I3-haJV3nBc6jC5uJ7Saf8PRcn0e6mr1zHv6JuammnoM_phyphenhyphenj4ue0X7dGPUVMp_XZDc3rLPSF_7zTueb2BSJM38E-mE5JpuDI4jLa7DGQSgEk7YozSRV_XHOMyI8QkU86fYacJ9/s320/mcd.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Today’s national fast-food workers strike is going strong with reports rolling in from more cities joining the protests.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Organizers say the walkouts have </span><a href="http://huff.to/14GOfSH" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">spread to 60 cities</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">:</span><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">Alameda, CA; Atlanta; Aurora, CO; Austin, TX; Ballwin, MO; Belleville, Ill; Berkeley, CA; Bloomington, Ill; Boston; Charlotte; Chicago; Columbia, MO; Dallas; Denver; Detroit; Durham; East St. Louis, Ill; Flint; Fremont, CA; Greensboro; Gretna, LA; Hartford; Hayward, CA; Houston; Indianapolis; Kansas City, MO; Lansing; Las Vegas; Los Angeles; Madison, WI; Manchester, CT; Memphis; Milwaukee; Missoula, MT; Newark, CA; New Orleans; New York; Northglenn, CO; North Las Vegas; Oakland; Richmond, CA; Peoria; Phoenix; Pontiac, MI; Raleigh; Richmond, CA; San Diego; San Leandro, CA; San Lorenzo, CA.; Seattle; Springfield, Ill; St. Louis; Tacoma, WA; Tampa; Topeka, KS; Wausau, WI; West Haven, CT; and Wilmington, DE. </blockquote><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The workers are not alone. Many Teamsters across the country are standing in solidarity with strikers, including UPS Teamsters in Atlanta this morning.</span></span><br /><br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzA87b3rxTNTqDbjFjn_jpnTuN9IDNrsq4MLt-b9HyM2BLCxTIL1uFBrPEiAIU9Sj0aGTUFUmrR16L3xuvdhl_8iVK8b-bnYAtAhyphenhyphen6ndyTQ6mK-1KRuK-wDnxvGq8BeTWBDlZIkjMHtEjy/s1600/Teamsters+fast+food+strike+solidarity.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzA87b3rxTNTqDbjFjn_jpnTuN9IDNrsq4MLt-b9HyM2BLCxTIL1uFBrPEiAIU9Sj0aGTUFUmrR16L3xuvdhl_8iVK8b-bnYAtAhyphenhyphen6ndyTQ6mK-1KRuK-wDnxvGq8BeTWBDlZIkjMHtEjy/s320/Teamsters+fast+food+strike+solidarity.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">UPS Teamster David Allen supporting fast food workers</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Elected officials are linking arms with fast-food workers on the picket line, too. </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/LowPayIsNotOk/posts/623545847676136"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Rep. Jan <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: inherit;">Schakowsky joined striking workers</span></span></span></a></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> in Chicago this morning.<o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span inherit="" style="font-family: =;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The impact of the strikes is being felt in </span><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/29/fast-food-worker-strikes-expand_n_3831060.html#34_organizers-protests-spread-to-60-cities"><span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">Michigan</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">:</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It's only 10 a.m. in the Motor City, but striking fast food employees say they've already gained a victory. CBS Radio reports that a McDonald's restaurant located at Eight Mile Road and Lahser closed this morning after workers walked off the job.</span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">According to reports on social media, employees at other McDonald's locations and a Church's Chicken in the city, as well as a Checkers restaurant in nearby Lincoln Park, Mich. A spokesman for organizing group D15 told The Huffington Post that fast-food employees are also striking Thursday in Pontiac, Lansing and Flint.</span></span></blockquote><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A St. Louis activist </span><a href="http://huff.to/1dThRzH"><span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">tweeted</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> this morning: </span></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A 2nd location shut down at 7am RT <span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">@LowPayIsNotOK</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Workers shut down this McDonald's in STL </span></span></span></blockquote><span lang="EN" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><em>New York Times</em> columnist <a href="http://huff.to/1a2gUpr">Steven Greenhouse writes</a> on Twitter:</span></span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Organizers say fast-food strikes have spread to 60 cities. Here in St Louis, shutdown of a Hardees counter</span></span></blockquote><span style="font-family: inherit;">And Tiffany Hsu from the Los Angeles Times </span><a href="https://twitter.com/tiffhsulatimes/status/373083655674941441/photo/1" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">tweeted</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">: </span><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">#FastFoodStrike - dozens march outside a South LA #BurgerKing at the crack of dawn for $15/hr minimum wage </span></span></span></span></blockquote><span lang="EN" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In Chicago, there are reports on Twitter of workers outside the iconic downtown </span><a href="https://twitter.com/bellwak/status/373067959775670272/photo/1"><span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">Rock N' Roll McDonald's</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">.</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">And </span><a href="https://twitter.com/829StrikeNOLA/status/373044144689528834/photo/1" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">here’s a picture</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> of a father in New Orleans on strike for his kids.</span><br /><span lang="EN" style="font-family: inherit;"></span><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><br /></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/LowPayIsNotOk"><span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">Low Pay is Not Okay</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Facebook page includes comments from workers in more than 30 cities that have joined today’s </span><a href="http://lowpayisnotok.org/home-0819/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">#829Strike</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> – and the day isn’t halfway over yet! <o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><br /><span lang="EN" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Today’s labor protests build on walkouts in July that took place in several cities, with dozens of more cities expanding the reach of the strikes to </span><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/29/fast-food-worker-strikes-expand_n_3831060.html?utm_hp_ref=business&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000008"><span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">the West Coast and into the South</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">. The momentum of the fast-food workers’ movement and low-wage workers’ struggle in general is growing fast.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Today is shaping up to be a historic day in the labor fight for raises and rights on the job. We’ll keep you posted on strike developments throughout the day.</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Keep standing strong, brothers and sisters!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><span lang="EN" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghYUVCJ2C47DxqCrd8Q1zwQQ9TgPAqB5vztu-kg8o9SkmLeUrFCkuIJaNop2Iok2H7u9a1Az522qOb9Xu-c7autih6YdaefiNXsfAa4-Y8bmKblU5FRyeymaNdX9nv3Vt6Pm1WRaQ5rE31/s1600/ff2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghYUVCJ2C47DxqCrd8Q1zwQQ9TgPAqB5vztu-kg8o9SkmLeUrFCkuIJaNop2Iok2H7u9a1Az522qOb9Xu-c7autih6YdaefiNXsfAa4-Y8bmKblU5FRyeymaNdX9nv3Vt6Pm1WRaQ5rE31/s320/ff2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><br /><br /></div></span>

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