Fast-food, retail strikes echo Occupy

via Occupy Detroit

Fast-food, retail strikes echo Occupy

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20130426/EMPLOYMENT/130429846/fast-food-retail-strikes-echo-occupy

Could the fast-food and retail wage movement be the next Occupy Chicago?

Hundreds of fast-food and retail workers in Chicago went on strike this week to call for a living wage of $15 an hour and the right to form unions without interference. Organizers, including the activist groups Arise Chicago and Action Now, say the strikes are part of a quickly growing national movement.

“The low-wage workforce is growing so fast that (the movement) can't help but grow exponentially,” said Action Now Executive Director Katelyn Johnson.

The minimum wage in Illinois is $8.25 an hour.

(More at the link.)