Fwd: Victory in Pennsylvania!

[Miriam R]

Although many of you may have already received this, I thought that I
would send it around.

Miriam

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From: "Martina and Stephon, NYC Fast Food Workers Campaign"
<nor...@list.signon.org>
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:32:12 -0700
Subject: Victory in Pennsylvania!
To: mera...@gmail.com

Late yesterday, McDonald's announced it was ending its relationship with
the franchise that exposed 14 guest workers to extremely harsh labor
practices during their 3 month, paid trip on an American cultural exchange
program.

This is a huge victory for fast food workers everywhere. The PA strike and
the support you gave the workers proves that we can stand up to fast food
corporations and claim our rights.

Will you share our petition to let your friends know that our mounting
pressure is bringing us victories?

Spreading the word about these injustices to the guest workers played a
huge part in pushing McDonald's to act -- thank you. But while this is an
important and exciting win, what these guest workers were exposed to
continues to be the reality for so many of us.

The fight doesn't end here: "Guest and American workers, our fight is the
same," shouted the guest workers. And so we must keep up the pressure. The
guest workers have said they won't rest until all workers are paid well.
With enough support, we can win this fight for fair wages and just
treatment.

Share our petition -- together, we can win.

It's a step in the right direction that McDonald's took action against the
abusive franchisee, but these problems are endemic across McDonald's
corporate culture. Please help us further the fight for wages that
compensate us fairly for our work and give us a chance at the American
Dream.

Thank you for your continued solidarity,

Martina May, Taco Bell Employee
Stephon Warner, McDonald's Employee
New York, NY

Source:
http://www.thenation.com/blog/173349/striking-guest-workers-visit-nyc-store-mcdonalds-says-its-cut-ties-franchisee-they-worke#

References

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[Hope DeRogatis]

Thanks! This was so good to see! I have heard that the SFC mtg went well. That is good news! Hope

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[Beverly Tall]

Hi Miriam,

Important article to read - thank you for posting it!

Regards,

Beverly

On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 9:20 AM, Miriam R <mera...@gmail.com> wrote: