Fast food restaurants in 270 cities nationwide will see strikes and picket lines next Tuesday as organizers with the Fight for $15 seek to widen the impact of the movement to include influencing the 2016 general election. These rallies will include a protest by several thousand workers at the Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee.
In San Diego, media have already been alerted to strike activity at a McDonalds location on Park Boulevard starting at 7am. Other fast food locations will be targeted throughout the day.
Twin rallies at City College (3pm) and the Front Street State Building (4pm) will feed into a citywide mass rally at San Diego City Hall at 5pm. California Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins and Assemblymember Shirley Weber will be among the featured speakers at that event. [Read more…]