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The International Service Employees Union says tens of thousands of workers across the United States will participate in “Strike for Black Lives” on Monday and leave their workplaces for eight minutes and 46 seconds to remember George Floyd.
“Companies like McDonald’s cannot, on the one hand, tweet that ‘Black Lives Matter’ and on the other hand pay us poverty wages and do not provide sick days and proper PPE,” said Angely Rodriguez Lambert, a McDonald’s employee in Oakland, California. a statement shared by SEIU.
“We are on strike because McDonald’s and other fast food companies have failed to protect us in a pandemic that has devastated black and brown communities across the country,” said Lambert.
Speaker-inspired people raise their hands during a Caribbean-led Black Lives Matter rally at Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza on June 14, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo / Kathy Willens)
The strike will include fast food workers, nursing homes, carpooling and other sectors, according to SEIU. Labor groups such as the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the American Federation of Teachers and the National Alliance of Domestic Workers are supporting the strike.
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SEIU said there will be planned actions from Sacramento to Boston, including a caravan of nursing home and airport workers. Airport workers, including wheelchair assistants and cabin cleaners, demand a minimum wage of $ 15 an hour and a “fair and safe plan for people to return to public and travel spaces,” according to SEIU .
McDonald’s rejected the claim that it did not protect workers from the coronavirus in a statement to FOX Business.
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“With one of the most diverse workforces in the world, we believe that black lives are important, and it is our responsibility to continue to listen and learn and to push for a more inclusive society by being open, honest and sincere,” the company said in a release. statement. “To ensure the safety of the more than 800,000 restaurant employees who have served meals to communities and healthcare workers during the pandemic, McDonald’s improved more than 50 restaurant processes. McDonald’s and our franchisees distributed a comprehensive supply of PPE without interruption, including gloves and more than 100 million masks, in addition to installing protective barriers in restaurants. “
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