striking-fast-food-workers

Following successful smaller strikes around the country there will be an attempt at a national strike against fast food businesses next Thursday August 29th. The following is from the website http://lowpayisnotok.org/strike-kit/

HOW TO GO ON A ONE-DAY STRIKE
15 steps for $15 an hour and the right to form a union

Before you strike for $15:

1) Talk to coworkers you trust and ask them to join you.
2) Set the time to meet outside the store on the day of the strike.
3) Call everyone you know to support you: friends, family, local social justice organizations, pastors, priests, and politicians and ask them to come to your strike line.
4) Ask at least one of your supporters to walk back into to work with you at your next regularly scheduled shift after the strike.
Day of the strike for $15:

5) Make signs that say why you are on strike.
6) Print out and deliver the “Strike” letter to your manager(see website) (everyone who is on strike should sign it).
7) Start your strike! Stand outside your store with your supporters and let people know you all are standing up for $15 an hour and the right to organize a union because low pay is not ok!
8) Call the local TV station and newspaper and let them know you are on strike at your store.
9) Call or text family and friends who aren’t there yet to come and support you.
10) Chant, march, sing and let everyone who is on strike explain why they are there.
11) Ask supporters to come with you when you and your coworkers return to work.
12) Post pictures of your strike on Facebook at Facebook.com/LowPayIsNotOK and tweet them to @lowpayisnotok with the hashtag #strikefor15
After the strike for $15:

13) Meet up with your supporter who is walking with you to work.
14) Go back to work at your next regularly scheduled shift with your head held high.
15) Tell your coworkers how it felt to stand up for $15 an hour and the right to form union with thousands of other workers across the country! Sign them up at LowPayIsNotOK.org.

Please support this effort. If nothing else, please avoid all fast food restaurants at least that day. If you can let the strikers know you support their efforts.

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