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US fast-food workers strike over low wages in nationwide protests

09-12-2013

Thousands of fast food workers went on strike across the USA on December 5, in a signal of the growing clamour for action on income equality. Low wage workers were due to strike across 100 cities through the day, including Boston, Detroit, New York City, Oakland, Los Angeles and St Louis (read more here [1]).

The International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF) is an international federation of trade unions representing workers employed in agriculture and plantations; the preparation and manufacture of food and beverages; hotels, restaurants and catering services; all stages of tobacco processing. The IUF is composed of 394 affiliated organizations in 126 countries representing a combined membership of around 2,6 million.

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[1] http://www.iuf.org/mcjobs/?p=248