More than 20 McDonald’s workers and members of the Workers Organizing Committee of Chicago demonstrated Friday outside the Union League Club of Chicago, where McDonald’s USA president Jeff Stratton spoke.
Protesters brandishing megaphones and signs called for a $15-per-hour minimum wage and the right to unionize without retaliation as part of the Fight for 15 campaign, which calls for an improved standard of living for Chicago workers. The protesters chanted slogans like “We can’t survive on 8.25”and “Hold your burgers, hold your fries, make our wages supersize.” Drivers honked their approval, and bus riders cheered the picket line and raised their fists in solidarity.
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protester carries a megaphone as the crowd chants “Hold your burgers, hold your fries make our wages supersize” and “Hey, Jeff, look around, your fast-food workers run this town.”
Protester Gladys Zarata.
Demonstrators marched outside of The Union League Club of Chicago where Jeff Stratton, president of McDonald’s USA, was the keynote speaker for the club’s First Friday Luncheon.
Deivid Rojas, communications director at Workers Organizing CoPhoto by Sophia Nahli Allison.mmittee of Chicago.
A protester leads the crowd in a chant. Photo by Sophia Nahli Allison.
Demonstrators marched outside of The Union League Club of Chicago where Jeff Stratton, president of McDonald’s USA, was the keynote speaker for the club’s First Friday Luncheon. Photo by Sophia Nahli Allison.
Nancy Salgado, mother of two, has worked at McDonald’s for ten years. Photo by Sophia Nahli Allison.
The “Fight For 15” campaign calls for a $15-an-hour minimum wage. Photo by Sophia Nahli Allison.
Zitlali Adame hands out fliers to passersby. Photo by Sophia Nahli Allison.
Tyree Johnson has worked at McDonald’s for 21 years and has not received a promotion. Photo by Sophia Nahli Allison.
McDonald’s worker Erica Perez gets the crowd excited. She says she doesn’t make enough to pay off her student loans. Photo by Sophia Nahli Allison.