Food Workers Join the Strike for Black Lives | Eater

"Across multiple cities, workers targeted a major fast-food chain as a focal point of the strike, accusing the company of failing Black and brown employees through low pay, lack of benefits, inadequate PPE, and fostering racially hostile workplaces that have prompted lawsuits. Employees pointed to instances of having to sue for legally mandated sick days and to the company’s lobbying against paid sick leave, criticized corporate statements of support for Black Lives Matter as performative, and called for concrete changes including living wages, universal healthcare and paid sick leave, childcare, adequate PPE, and a stronger voice for workers on workplace safety." - Jaya Saxena