Organizers of national workers strike say tens of thousands are set to walk off the job in more than two dozen U.S. cities to protest systemic racism and economic inequality.
Mayor Ted Wheeler is pushing back against the White House's response to protests, blaming federal troops for an increase in violence and vandalism.NEW YORK -- Organizers of a national workers strike say tens of thousands are set to walk off the job Monday in more than two dozen U.S.
Among the strikers will be essential workers: nursing home employees, janitors and delivery men and women. Fast food, ride-share and airport workers are also expected to take part in planned events. Specifically, they are calling on corporate leaders and elected government officials to use executive and legislative power to guarantee people of all races can thrive. That demand includes raising wages and allowing workers to unionize to negotiate better health care, sick leave and child care support.
Strikers in Minneapolis, where Floyd was killed on May 25, will include nursing home and airport workers demanding a $15-per-hour minimum wage, organizers said. In Missouri, participants will rally at McDonald’s locations in St. Louis and Ferguson, a key landmark in the protest movement sparked by the death of Michael Brown, a Black teenager who was killed by police in 2014. The Ferguson strikers will also march to a memorial site located on the spot where Brown was shot and killed.
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