Fast-food workers strike to hit the world

In 2012, in New York, USA, McDonald’s fast-food workers, unhappy with their salaries and rights at the workplace, initiated a movement that now, 2 years later, is about to become global.

On May 15, fast-food workers from 150 cities across the US are planning to to go out on strike, demanding a bigger minimum wage, of at least $15 per hour and the right to form unions without retaliation.

The strike gain greater proportions as the the movement is spreading overseas, workers in another 33 countries planning to join the strike.

The current median salary for a US fast-food worker is around $9 an hour or $18,500 per year. The payment barely allows workers to sustain their families.

McDonald’s acknowledged, the its latest annual report, that oncoming strikes might affect its earnings and sales but the company also defended itself by saying that it offers ‘part-time and full-time employment, benefits and competitive pay based on the local marketplace and job level.’