.... [Oakbrook, Illinois] Happening Now. Tweet this. #fastfoodglobal ~ Update:Police Arrest 101 McDonald’s Workers Ahead of Shareholders Meeting https://news.vice/article/police-arrest-101-mcdonalds-workers-ahead-of-shareholders-meeting ~~ Police arrested 110 protesters Wednesday outside McDonalds corporate campus. The group of protesters had marched up the driveway of McDonalds sprawling campus in suburban Chicago. They were met by about 250 law enforcement officers, including state police in riot gear, and were asked to leave. When they refused, the strikers were taken into custody, according to the Oak Brook police department in Illinois. The protests took place a day before McDonalds (MCD, Fortune 500) annual meeting on Thursday, when more protests are planned. It was the latest chapter in the broader fast food protest movement that began over a year ago, with workers demanding their wage be raised to a minimum of $15 an hour. money.cnn/2014/05/21/news/companies/mcdonalds-protest/ McDonalds closed the building originally scheduled to be the site of the protests, pushing activists to move the demonstration to a nearby location on the companys sprawling Illinois headquarters. McComb acknowledged in an email to The Huffington Post that the company closed the building on advice from the police. McComb wrote that the McDonalds campus includes several buildings, most of which remain open. “We’ve adjusted work schedules for our employees and access to our facilities to assist the Oak Brook Police Department to address the protests and the related traffic congestion,” she wrote in the emailed statement. huffingtonpost/2014/05/21/mcdonalds-protests_n_5366777.html About 2,000 protesters, including about 325 McDonald’s workers in restaurant uniforms, stormed though the company’s campus entrance at Jorie Boulevard and Kroc Drive in Oak Brook, according to the organizers, holding signs that said, “We Are Worth More” and “My Union My Voice.” The Oak Brook Police Department estimated the number was 1,000 to 1,500. businessweek/news/2014-05-21/mcdonald-s-tells-employees-to-stay-home-as-worker-protests-loom ~~/.jr.
Posted on: Wed, 21 May 2014 22:14:34 +0000
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