Executive Summary: In an attempt to draw
attention to their ongoing efforts to raise the minimum wage to $15
per hour, union organizers have announced another walkout/strike
for May 15th. The latest push, an international effort headed by
the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant,
Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF), was
announced last week at a press conference in New York
City. Walkouts are currently slated for Oakland, Raleigh,
Philadelphia, Sacramento, Miami and Orlando, with workers in other
cities potentially joining in. Globally, there will be strikes and
protests in cities like Rabat; Morocco; Hong Kong; Seoul; Bangkok;
Auckland; Brussels; Dublin; Rome; and Buenos Aires, among many
others. With thousands of fast-food workers in the U.S.
expected to take part in the one-day strike, employers in the fast
food industry would be wise to make sure they are prepared to
respond appropriately to these efforts.
