美国60城市快餐店员工罢工要求加薪

    食品伙伴网讯  据外媒报道，美国劳工节来临之际，美国有超过60个城市的快餐店员工举行罢工要求加薪。

    美国快餐店员工在麦当劳（McDonald's）和汉堡王（Burger Kings）门前，以及美国60个城市的其他快餐店前举行罢工要求加薪资，这是他们在长达近一年之久的最新一轮抗议活动。

    罢工在全国各地迅速蔓延，据罢工主办方表示，在纽约、芝加哥、底特律、密尔沃基、圣路易斯、罗利和西雅图的多个餐厅已经关闭。他们要求每小时工资从7.25美元升至15美元，7.25美元是目前联邦的最低工资。

    部分原文报道如下：

    Rallies were held in cities from New York to Oakland and stretched into the South, historically difficult territory for organized labor.

    The striking workers say they want to unionize without retaliation in order to collectively bargain for a "living wage."

    They are demanding $15 an hour, more than twice the federal minimum of $7.25. The median wage for front-line fast-food workers is $8.94 per hour, according to an analysis of government data by the National Employment Law Project （NELP）， an advocacy group for lower-wage workers.

    "It's almost impossible to get by （alone），" said McDonald's worker Rita Jennings, 37, who was among about 100 protesters who marched in downtown Detroit Thursday. "You have to live with somebody to make it."

    原文链接：<http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/29/us-usa-restaurants-strike-idUSBRE97S05320130829>