Its not a very well organized strikes its mostly demonstrations outside some fast food chains not a nation wide walk out by all fast food workers.

For a job that requires no skills they get paid enough.  Most of those jobs are for teenagers anyway.

Only good can come from this. It gives the finger to the corporations and also will probably counter the health epidemic caused by unhealthy American food.

There are people who are saying that they don't deserve the extra money. That's bullshit, I wouldn't want to work in a stinky fast food restaurant for even 75 USD an hour.

Ive done roofing at 10 dollars an hour a couple years ago. Carrying 80lbs of shingles up two stories is harder than anything McDonalds employees have to do. Ive also been a store manager at a fast food resturaunt and made 36k a year.... working 60 hours a week which comes out to be 11.50 an hour

On lunch breaks they get free lunch. Trust me. Even if it isn't McDonalds policy to allow it they still get it. However, its most places to give free lunches while on a lunch break to my understanding

Well that is news to me my younger sister worked at Whataburger for a couple of month and she didn't get a free lunch plus they pay just as lousy as MCD even though their menu is a bit higher then MCD's.

No way in hell. It's the most basic of jobs. maybe raise it to $8 or even $8.50 but $15 is fucking outrageous. It's really just the leeches in our system that expect to make a decent living with no experience, no education, no nothing. They hate having to work their way up the company/job and want that instant gratification. Apparently food stamps, payed by tax payers, ain't enough.

It's funny. Everyone always complains about how you can't physically survive and you'll die in a ditch and stuff if you make minimum wage, but it's always been more than enough for me. As long as you have a roommate, don't have kids, and spend your money well, you'll have money left over. Hell, I worked for just a little over minimum wage for a few years and still bought basically all the games and MTG cards I wanted.

If you're supporting a family, then yeah, minimum wage isn't going to cut it. But at that point you shouldn't be working at Taco Bell. As many have already said, it's a job for kids and it pays fine considering.

On another note, I wonder how much they're paying scabs and the moment...

At the moment the average wage of the burger flippers is 9$ an hour. Ive been living in an nice area in a bigger city and making 10bucks an hour with my wife who is making 9$ an hour. We both definitly do more work than people at McDonalds so if they get anything more than me I know where I'm going to try and get a job. Anyway back on topic... We both really only work 20 hours or so a week and are able to afford cell phones, rent, energy bills, insurance and internet... We don't have cable tv and we dont have the fanciest car but hey... its what we can afford

This whole thing has made me hungry for a Big Mac. This ought to be the best time to get some fast food since all the rude and obnoxious employees, who seem to always find a way to make you feel as though you are an imposition on them when you order, are outside holding signs and not a fry shaker.