Did you know that McDonald’s actually STEALS from employees? That’s on top of paying us way too little to cover our bills or feed our families. It’s one of many, MANY reasons we’re taking the #FightFor15 straight to McDonalds’ doorstep with the March on McDonald’s on May 23. You’ve gotta see it for yourself –… Read more →

We want to let you in on 4 BIG reasons why we #FightFor15 – and why on May 23, we’re taking that fight straight to McDonald’s doorstep with the March on McDonald’s.   Because 4 years ago, McDonald’s themselves ADMITTED that people need $15 an hour (and a magical, impossible budget) to make ends meet:… Read more →

WASHINGTON –McDonald’s violates California and Illinois franchise law by distorting how it calculates the inflated rental fees it forces franchisees to pay, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) charges in complaints filed Tuesday with the two states’ attorneys general. Citing “material misrepresentations” by McDonald’s to its franchisees around exorbitant rental charges, the union called on… Read more →

McDonald’s stands against us ALL. On May 23, we FIGHT BACK – with the March on McDonald’s in Chicago! McDonald’s has changed a lot about its business lately – but it hasn’t changed the way it treats workers. We still get paid so little that we have to rely on food stamps and public assistance… Read more →

Senator Bernie Sanders and the Democratic leadership in Congress just introduced a federal bill to help us – and millions like us: A bill to raise the minimum wage to $15/hour across the country. When 200 fast-food workers walked off their jobs in New York City in 2012 to demand $15 an hour and union… Read more →

May 1 is an international day of strikes and actions for immigrant and workers’ rights. If you’re planning on going on strike, make sure you’re protected. You have rights under the National Labor Relations Act and you can’t be fired for taking part in protected strike actions — but you have to take certain steps… Read more →

Que hacer y no hacer: Hacer: Notificar a su jefe que está en huelga Dígale a su jefe las razones por las que va a salir en huelga Imprima y entregue un aviso de huelga a su gerente Salga en huelga sobre las condiciones en su lugar de trabajo Reclutar a sus compañeros de trabajo… Read more →

Demand for $15/hour continues to grow even louder. More and more elected officials and employers spanning the entire country are listening to our movement. Last Monday, Minneapolis Mayor Betsey Hodges announced her support for raising the city’s minimum wage to $15/hour. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported more than half of the city council would support… Read more →

McDonald’s was hit with three major antitrust complaints Tuesday filed with authorities in France, Germany, and Italy, charging the fast-food giant with widespread abuse of its dominant market position throughout Europe. The complaints outline McDonald’s systemic efforts to suppress competition through restrictive contracts that impose exorbitant rent costs on its franchisees, as well as rigid… Read more →

Today marks 49 years since Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. He was protesting when he was shot – standing with striking sanitation workers in Memphis. And today, thousands in the Fight for $15 and Movement for Black Lives carried on his dream in protests across the nation. From Chicago: To Pittsburgh To Detroit:… Read more →