Fast food workers to strike on MLK’s Birthday, demand $15 minimum wage
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Rita Blalock has worked at a North Carolina McDonald’s for 10 years, taking the bus to and from work each day. During the COVID-19 crisis, the 54-year-old has continued cranking out food while suffering from cataracts, risking her health and her life for $1Fast food workers to strike on MLK’s Birthday, demand $15 minimum wage
Rita Blalock has worked at a North Carolina McDonald’s for 10 years, taking the bus to and from work each day. During the COVID-19 crisis, the 54-year-old has continued cranking out food while suffering from cataracts, risking her health and her life for $10 an hour. Blalock does not have health insurance, and the multibillion dollar company that employs her does not offer her paid sick time or hazard pay to work through the pandemic. At times, she’s relied on government assistance to eat—and even then, she sometimes only ate once a day. Blalock and other fast food workers in North Carolina are fighting back against these conditions by striking on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday and demanding that corporations increase wages. Read more