Over one hundred McDonald's employees, fighting for a living wage of $15 and the right to unionize, were arrested outside of McDonald's corporate headquarters on Wednesday while protesting.
As you watch the above video, note that when the McDonald's workers are arrested, they are in a sea of police in riot gear. For fuck's sake, these folks flip burgers and run cash registers for a living--they're hardly the Third Reich. You'd think, too, that the police would realize that the 1% who demanded their presence to protect their worthless asses are just as hungry to gut police pay and benefits.
McDonald's CEO Don Thompson claimed today that his company pays "fair and competitive wages." There's nothing "fair" about $7.25 an hour--people with families to support don't risk their jobs when they're getting paid a decent wage.
But they do when they're working their asses off and still living below the poverty level--as a great man once said, when you aint got nothin', you got nothin' to lose.
Peace,
emaycee
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