Criticism and concerns quickly developed into strikes. Fight for 15, a group back by the SEIU that advocates for a $15 minimum wage and the right to unionize, organized its first protest linking McDonald's workers' rights to the pandemic in Florida on March 12.
It also led to the first time Fight for 15 protesters committed to multi-day strikes, such as in Los Angeles, where employees protested for weeks until their store received deep cleaning, PPE, quarantine pay, and hazard pay. But many workers who are not protesting feel forced to choose between a paycheck and safety. Six of the eight McDonald's workers who spoke with Business Insider since late April — including those who said they felt the company had done a good job responding to the pandemic — said that they had been concerned about catching the coronavirus on the job during the pandemic.. "I fear that I'm a soldier on the front line, bound to be the first to fall. Over cheeseburgers.
Jay Shambaugh, an economist and director of the Brookings Institution's Hamilton Project, said that low unemployment often makes organizing more difficult. But, he said, visceral safety concerns have convinced workers to organize throughout history.
Hey, realDonaldTrump , How about an executive order immediately raising minimum wage with federal backing during the Coronapocalypse, helping people who are on the front lines?
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