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August 29, 2013

Fast-Food, Retail Workers Stage Largest Strike to Date 
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Thousands of low-wage workers at fast food and retail chains nationwide
are walking off the job today in what organizers call the largest strike
of its kind so far. Workers in some 58 cities are taking part in a
pre-Labor Day action for a living wage of $15 an hour and the right to
unionize. They plant to picket outside major chains, including Mc
Donald's, Burger King, KFC, and Macy's. The walkouts follow a series of
actions that began last November at fast food restaurants in New York
City. A number of states are seeing fast-food strikes for the first time
since the campaign began, including California and scores across the
South.

 

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