Fast food workers from all over St. Louis are on strike. The reason: ‘Most of us make $7.35 or a little more an hour and we just can’t survive‘. Fast workers are paid poverty wages while their employers are making a lot of money.
They say: ‘We are struggling to support our families, and to afford basic needs like food, health care, rent and transportation, without relying on public assistance‘. ‘We’re standing up and saying it has to stop.’
About their action:
St. Louis fast food workers have come together to form the St. Louis Organizing Committee to fight for fair wages and the right to form a union without retaliation. We represent workers from more than 15 fast food chains in St. Louis who are making tremendous profits, but do not pay employees like us enough to survive – enough to support our families and to cover basic needs like food, health care, rent and transportation.
Fast food is a billion dollar per year industry in St. Louis, and we believe that no one who works for a living in such a profitable business should be forced to rely on public assistance to provide for their family. One-quarter of St. Louis’s workforce works in the service economy, and in fast food the average annual salary is less than $19,000. When workers are paid a living wage, not only will it strengthen the economy but it will also reduce crime in our neighborhoods.
We support St. Louis fast food workers, and da-eYe, Max Dana‘s facetious and waggish but committed character, supports them as well.
Stand with St. Louis fast food workers by adding your name to their petition today.
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