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Occupy 2.0: #829Strike
Fast Food workers across the nation, organized by Big Labor and their allies, went on strike to demand higher wages today. I captured the onset of the protests via the #829Strike hashtag on Twitter.
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Read more about Occupy 2.0, Big Labor and more at:
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Just when we’ve covered one political action or social justice group affiliated with Big Labor and their resurrection of Occupy, another … -
Irony Indeed:
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The irony in the fastfood workers strike is that it’s supported by Democrats, but because of Obamacare they can’t work 40hrs/week #829strike -
It Begins.
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#FF @829StrikeLA @829strikeDenver @829StrikePHX @829StrikeSDiego for the freshest #829Strike news. They are kicking off -
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Supporters included Occupy, Young Dem Socialists, SEIU and Multiple AFL-CIO organizing front groups.
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One of the goals of the March on Washington was a $2 minimum wage. In 2013 dollars, that would be $15.34 #MLK #LivingWage #829Strike -
Solidarity with strikers all across this country. Big changes are coming if we keep fighting. #829strike #1u -
SEIU and UAW on #morningjoe. Tier2 workers (paid less) helped bring jobs back from Mexico to Flat Rock. 20,000 new jobs in Big 3. -
Oh, and Rep. Jan Schakowsky showed up.
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Rep Schakowsky, workers, and Hamburgler deliver letter to RocknRoll Mcdonalds. #strikefor15 #829strike twitter.com/AriseChicago/st… -
Well done, Comrade Schakowsky… wow.
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Rep Schakowsky “McDonalds and these CEOs, they are the takers. These workers are the makers” #strikefor15 #829strike (1/2)
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Not to be outdone, Senator Bernie Sanders chimed in:
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“Half of minimum-wage jobs are held by adults over 25 years old” theguardian.com/commentisfr… #829Strike -
As did Al Jazeera, The Chicago Teachers Union and multiple Jobs with Justice groups in different states. Locally, the Wilmington NC Democrats nodded their approval.
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Have you struggled to make ends meet in a fast-food or retail job? We want to hear from you alj.am/19PXL6D #RaiseTheWage #829Strike -
We stand in solidarity with the fast food and retail workers on nationwide #829strike for a better country. lowpayisnotok.org/ -
Solidarity RT @jwjnational: We’re proud to stand with fast-food workers on strike today! bit.ly/15iQnlX #829strike @MOJwJ -
RT @sensanders: “Half of minimum-wage jobs are held by adults over 25 years old” theguardian.com/commentisfr… #829Strike -
Ah, there we are… Moral Monday’s Motto: Forward Together, Not One Step Back!
Co-opted, Baby! -
Forward together not one step back! #829strike twitter.com/829strikeCLT/st… -
More from North Carolina. Wonder who the well dressed pair on the right are? Triangle Jobs with Justice?
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From burger king to McDonald workers in Durham are walking out. $15 an hour now! #829strike @FastFoodForward twitter.com/829strikeDUR/st… -
On strike for a better future #829strike @829strikeNC @FastFoodForward @LowPayIsNotOK twitter.com/829strikeDUR/st… -
Charlotte is on strike! #829strike twitter.com/829strikeCLT/st… -
Speak-out is starting! We can’t survive on $7.25! #829strike twitter.com/829strikede/sta… -
Just like being arrested was the media draw for Occupy and Moral Monday, shutting down these places of business are the draw for #829Strike
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4th shutdown. RT @GoodJobsSeattle: Breaking: workers walking out. 3rd & Union Subway closed. #829strike #strikepoverty Westlake 7 am -
They locked the doors. We shut them down. We want a living wage! #829strike twitter.com/Detroit_15/stat… -
More Tweets and Images from around the country. I noted about 14 states. In no particular order: NC, SC, WA, MI, NY, IL, MO, LA, CA, AZ, CO, MA, GA, TX.
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RT @STL735: Workers using @panerabread as public forum, talking abt their struggles living on $7.35 #829strike twitter.com/STL735/status/3… -
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Today Ronald McDonald says “hold the burgers hold the fries make worker wages supersize!” #strikefor15 #829strike twitter.com/fightfor15/stat… -
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