{"article":{"id":265686,"heading":"In LA, San Diego, Sacramento and 147 Other Cities, McD And Other Fast Food Workers Picket","author":"Organize","created":"2014-09-05 20:08:10","modified":"2014-09-10 02:20:40","last_modified":"Wed, 10 Sep 2014 09:20:40","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Historically, McDonald's and other fast food corporations have been unionbusters. <br><br> In 150 Cities, McDonald's, Burger King And Other Fast Food Sites Picketed <br>  <br> McDonalds-China-300x225.jpg <br>  <br> McDonald's China has had problems with sick chickens <br>  <br> : In 150 Cities, McDonald's, Burger King And Other Workers Picket <br><br> When Richard Nixon ran for the presidency, Ray Kroc, founder of McDonald's, gave him 1 million dollars. In exchange, Richard Nixon exempted fast food workers from minimum wage. Nixon was later overridden by Congress, but ever since its founding in 1955, McDonald's like WalMart has been a unionbusting company. <br><br> In New York, 300 picketers were stationed outside the McDonald's in Times Square. 19 were arrested. Dozens were arrested elsewhere. <br><br> Some of the 150 cities: <br><br> Boston <br>  <br> Charleston <br>  <br> Chicago <br>  <br> Cleveland <br>  <br> Denver <br>  <br> Detroit <br>  <br> Durham <br>  <br> Jacksonville <br>  <br> Kansas City <br>  <br> Las Vegas <br>  <br> Little Rock <br>  <br> Los Angeles <br>  <br> New Orleans <br>  <br> Philadelphia <br>  <br> Pittsburgh <br>  <br> Miami <br>  <br> New York City <br>  <br> New Orleans <br>  <br> Phoenix <br>  <br> Raleigh <br>  <br> Richmond <br>  <br> Sacramento <br>  <br> San Diego <br><br>  <br>  <br> <a href=\"https:\/\/storify.com\/SEIU\/fight-for-dollar-15-underpaid-fast-food-workers\">https:\/\/storify.com\/SEIU\/fight-for-dollar-15-underpaid-fast-food-workers<\/a> <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/business-a-lobbying\/business-a-lobbying\/216594-fast-f\">http:\/\/thehill.com\/business-a-lobbying\/business-a-lobbying\/216594-fast-f<\/a> <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2014-04-22\/mcdonalds-misses-sales-eps-esti\">http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2014-04-22\/mcdonalds-misses-sales-eps-esti<\/a> <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stockpickr.com\/5-stocks-hated-hedge-funds.html\">http:\/\/www.stockpickr.com\/5-stocks-hated-hedge-funds.html<\/a> <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seiu.org\/2014\/09\/a-historic-day-in-the-fight-for-fair-wages.php\">http:\/\/www.seiu.org\/2014\/09\/a-historic-day-in-the-fight-for-fair-wages.php<\/a> <br>  <br> <a href=\"http:\/\/mcdonaldscruelty.com\/\">http:\/\/mcdonaldscruelty.com\/<\/a> <br>  <br> <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"","link":"http:\/\/www.seiu.org\/2014\/09\/a-historic-day-in-the-fight-for-fair-wages.p","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":" \r\nDozens were arrested around the country as workers in 150 cities picketed fast food chains","numcomment":1,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2014\/09\/bwty8eciuaatety.jpg","filesize":"28.6 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2014\/09\/265686.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2014\/09\/bwty8eciuaatety.jpg","small":"\/uploads\/2014\/09\/bwty8eciuaatety.jpgthumb.jpg"}},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":265731,"heading":"Here is The Cops (Criminals On Patrol) real enemy dissent","article":"Now you know what all that Military Equipment The Police got is being used for.  To Target Dissent, which includes people demanding decent living wages.  And what The Cops can't touch Military Contractors will go after.","author":"Cops Armed with Military Gear on Attack","parent_id":265686,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2014-09-10 02:20:40","modified":"2014-09-10 02:20:40","fileurl":""}]}