Subway pickets roll to Seattle chain headquarters as workers continue to strike back against retaliation

Picketers calling on Subway to stop retaliating and hire Carlos back After a week of pickets won overwhelming support that effectively shut down lunch business at a succession of Subway stores, picketers will spend Monday's lunch rush at the South Lake Union Subway outlet (2002 Fairview Ave) that also serves as head office of Zeer, Inc., the major Seattle Subway franchisee whose retaliatory firing of Carlos Hernandez set off the pickets and boycott.

Last week, stores owned by Zeer, Inc. which normally serve hundreds of customers during a typical weekday lunch rush were almost completely emptied out, as customers overwhelmingly heeded the call to boycott Subway in support Carlos Hernandez, a leader in the fast food workers movement. On Friday — as Carlos's story made national news — several people even showed up at the picket lines spontaneously, simply because that had heard the story on the news and wanted to offer their support.

Who: Fast food workers and community supporters

What: Bring highly-effective picket lines which have shut Subway lunch rushes across the city straight to the store which serves as head office of the major Seattle Subway chain which retaliated against Carlos. Picketers are again calling for a boycott of Subway to strike back against retaliation and support all fast food workers.

When & Where: TODAY - Monday, September 30, 2013, 11:45 am - 1:00 pm during the lunch rush South Lake Union Subway, 2002 Fairview Ave. Note: This Subway also serves as the head office of Zeer, Inc. the Subway chain which fired Carlos. All the Subway restaurants picketed so far are owned by this chain.

More information:

What happened: Carlos was recently fired — supposedly over a 66¢ cookie. But Federal charges have been filed alleging that Carlos was actually fired in retaliation for his role in the fast food strikes. When given the facts, customers overwhelmingly agree that what Subway did is wrong — so they turn around, take their business elsewhere, and the join the call to boycott the chain until Carlos gets his job back.

Federal charges: Fast food workers last week filed Federal charges against the Subway fast food chain for firing striker Carlos Hernandez in retaliation for his leadership role in this summer's fast food strikes. The Federal cases name management of the local Subway store where Carlos worked, as well as the chain's corporate parent based in Milford, Connecticut. The Subway chain has agreed at the national level to take responsibility for labor standards at all their stores, whether franchised or corporate owned. Federal labor law clearly bars retaliation against workers for striking.

The cookie excuse: Subway knows that retaliation against striking workers is illegal, so they found a flimsy excuse to use when they fired him: they said it was because he gave a cookie to a 3-year old. The cookie cost 66¢.

Stores emptied by pickets and boycotts last week included:

* 9/24: 206 Broadway E, 12:15 pm. (photo) * 9/25: 1800 8th Ave, 12:30 pm. (photo) * 9/26: 501 Seneca St, 12:45 pm. (photo) * 9/27: 106 Pike St, 12:08 pm. (photo), and 1414 3rd Ave, 12:27 pm (photo)

Bad reviews for Subway's behavior have spread to the Yelp page of the 206 Broadway E Subway store that fired Carlos, as supporters of the fast food workers movement take the picket message to where the customers are — before they even decide what restaurant to go to.

Additional details: Prior to the firing, Subway management had attempted to make strikers sign a "final warning" disciplinary notice about striking. (Copy available online.) They even instructed other employees to not speak to Carlos, because of his role as a leader in the Good Jobs Seattle movement who has repeatedly spoken out to the public and to co-workers about the campaign for good jobs.

Sparked by this summer's fast food & coffee strikes, Good Jobs Seattle is a growing movement which seeks to build a sustainable future for Seattle's economy from the middle out — by turning poverty-wage jobs in fast food and other industries into good jobs that offer opportunities for a better future and pay enough for workers to afford basic necessities like food, clothing and rent. Good Jobs Seattle is supported by organizations including Washington Community Action Network, Working Washington, OneAmerica, SEIU Healthcare 775NW and hundreds of workers and grassroots supporters.

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Subway pickets roll to Pike Place Market — and Yelp — after week of spirited protests slows the lunch rush to a trickle

Calls to Boycott Subway until Carlos gets his job back echo through emptied-out stores as picketlines effectively shut down lunch business A week of spirited pickets that have effectively eliminated the lunch business at several Subway stores across the city will roll their way Friday to the 1st & Pike Subway, at the gateway to the Pike Place Market.

All this week, stores which normally serve hundreds of customers during a typical weekday lunch rush have been almost completely emptied out, as customers heed the call to boycott Subway in support Carlos Hernandez, a leader in the fast food workers movement. Carlos was recently fired — supposedly over a 66¢ cookie. But Federal charges have been filed alleging that Carlos was actually fired in retaliation for his role in the fast food strikes.

When given the facts, customers overwhelmingly agree that what Subway did is wrong — so they turn around, take their business elsewhere, and the join the call to boycott the chain until Carlos gets his job back.

Bad reviews for Subway's behavior have even spread to the Yelp page of the 206 E Broadway Subway store that fired Carlos, as supporters of the Good Jobs Seattle movement take the picket message to where the customers are — before they even decide what restaurant to go to.

Who: Fast food workers and community supporters

What: Cap off of a week of rolling lunch-hour picketlines at Subway stores across Seattle with dozens of picketers at the gateway to Pike Place Market calling for a boycott of Subway to strike back against retaliation and support all fast food workers. (And we're not done yet.)

When & Where: TODAY - Friday, September 27, 2013, 11:45 am - 1:00 pm during the lunch rush Pike Place Market Subway, 106 Pike St. Note: This will be the 4th consecutive day of Subway pickets, which have already ground lunch business to a halt at 206 Broadway E, 1800 8th, and 501 Seneca.

More information: Federal charges: Fast food workers this week filed Federal charges against the Subway fast food chain for firing striker Carlos Hernandez in retaliation for his leadership role in this summer's fast food strikes. The Federal cases name management of the local Subway store where Carlos worked, as well as the chain's corporate parent based in Milford, Connecticut. The Subway chain has agreed at the national level to take responsibility for labor standards at all their stores, whether franchised or corporate owned. Federal labor law clearly bars retaliation against workers for striking.

The cookie excuse: Subway knows that retaliation against striking workers is illegal, so they found a flimsy excuse to use when they fired him: they said it was because he gave a cookie to a 3-year old. The cookie cost 66¢.

Additional details: Prior to the firing, Subway management had attempted to make strikers sign a "final warning" disciplinary notice about striking. (Copy available online.) They even instructed other employees to not speak to Carlos, because of his role as a leader in the Good Jobs Seattle movement who has repeatedly spoken out to the public and to co-workers about the campaign for good jobs.

Sparked by this summer's fast food & coffee strikes, Good Jobs Seattle is a growing movement which seeks to build a sustainable future for Seattle's economy from the middle out — by turning poverty-wage jobs in fast food and other industries into good jobs that offer opportunities for a better future and pay enough for workers to afford basic necessities like food, clothing and rent. Good Jobs Seattle is supported by organizations including Washington Community Action Network, Working Washington, OneAmerica, SEIU Healthcare 775NW and hundreds of workers and grassroots supporters.

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BREAKING: "Strike Poverty" spreads to Tacoma, Missoula, and across the country

Strike Poverty spreads to Tacoma, Missoula, and more than 50 cities across the country

Low-wage workers call to lift the economy with better pay of $15/hour and the right to organize.

Seattle-area workers already walking out in large numbers as strike spreads across country — and it's just the morning shift.

Follow events as they develop at #strikepoverty and #829strike

NEW TACOMA LOCATIONS:

10 am - TACOMA: Arby’s, 6330 6th Avenue 11:45 am - TACOMA: Papa John's, 7430 Pacific Ave

NEW MISSOULA LOCATION:

7:30 am - MISSOULA: Burger King, 2601 N Reserve

NEW SEATTLE LOCATION:

10:00 am - SEATTLE: Burger King - 1432 NW Market St

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The first-ever national strike of low-wage workers is already bigger than expected, as coffee workers launch early morning strikelines in downtown Seattle and  fast food workers in more than three dozen cities from Missoula to Oakland to Los Angeles do the same.

Similar strikelines are also being launched by low-wage workers in 50+ cities across the country today, including Missoula, Oakland, and Los Angeles, responding to the call joined by Seattle fast food workers to "Turn off the fryers, take off your aprons, and walk out August 29th."

The difficult economic circumstances of many low-wage baristas in Seattle recently hit the headlines with the recent story of the Starbucks worker on food stamps who was fired for eating an expired sandwich from the garbage. Baristas from different chains throughout the industry face similar circumstances, as coffee is yet another primarily low-wage industry where most workers simply aren't paid enough to afford the basics. Despite the wealth of some in our region, 7 of the 10 fastest-growing jobs pay poverty wages.

Who: Baristas in Seattle and fast-food workers in Seattle, Tacoma, Shoreline, Missoula, Oakland, Los Angeles, and more then 3 dozen cities across the country.

What: Launch strikelines across the country calling for better pay and the right to organize without retaliation.

When & Where: Thursday, August 29th.

Previously announced:

7:00 am - Westlake Park - morning shift workers gather before strikelines kick off. A brief rally will announce the number of cities joining the strike. (30+ are expected.) 8:30 am - Subway, 501 Seneca St, Seattle 10:30 am - Jimmy Johns - 1200 3rd Ave, Seattle 12:00 pm - Wendy's, 5315 15th Ave NW, Seattle 4:00 pm - Major citywide convergence of striking workers gathers at Plymouth Pillars Park (Pike St & Boren Ave) before heading out to dinner-shift strikelines at nearby fast food locations.

The August 29th national strike comes amidst an extraordinary upsurge of worker unrest which has moved low-wage worker issues to the center of public attention.  From SeaTac to Tacoma to the Skagit Valley to the Seattle mayoral race, highly profitable fast food corporations and other big employers have come under increasing pressure as workers continue to raise the question of how we can build a sustainable economy when the fastest-growing jobs pay poverty wages.

About Good Jobs Seattle:

Sparked by the May 30th fast food strike, Good Jobs Seattle is a growing movement which seeks to build a sustainable future for Seattle's economy from the middle out — by turning poverty-wage jobs in fast food and other industries into good jobs that offer opportunities for a better future and pay enough for workers to afford basic necessities like food, clothing and rent. Good Jobs Seattle is supported by organizations including Washington Community Action Network, Working Washington, OneAmerica, at least one millionaire, and hundreds of workers and grassroots supporters.

A Fact Sheet on the August 29th Strike is available online.

In just a few months fast food workers in Seattle have sparked a fast-growing movement for good jobs:

  • On May 30th, strikelines spread across Seattle as hundreds went on strike for better pay and the right to organize, united under a call to "Strike Poverty - Raise Seattle".
  • On June 15th, mayoral candidates debated what city government could do to raise the economy by lifting up poverty-wage jobs before an audience of about 200 fast food, grocery store, hotel, home care, and other poverty-wage workers and their supporters.
  • On July 11th, fast food workers briefed members of the Seattle city council about working conditions, including low pay, wage theft, and health & safety concerns.
  • On August 1st, informational pickets & in-store teach-ins about criminal wage theft were held at fast food and coffee outlets across the city.

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Contact: Sage Wilson, sage@workingwa.org

Missoula to see fast food strikeline at 7:30am as first-ever national low-wage workers strike spreads across the nation

Call to "Strike Poverty" echoes across the country as Missoula workers join campaign for better pay of $15/hour and the right to organize
Fast food workers in Missoula will join the first-ever national strike of low-wage workers on August 29th, joining the national call to demand better pay of $15/hour and the right to organize without retaliation. Seattle fast food workers issued the call just 10 days ago.

Thursday’s strike will span 50 cities and every region of the continental United States. Follow events online at #829strike and #strikepoverty

Who: Fast food workers in Missoula

What: Join the national call to strike for better pay of $15/hour and the right to organize without retaliation.

When: 7:30 am - 9:00 am, Thursday August 29, 2013

Where: Burger King, 2601 N Reserve, Missoula, MT

Why: Seven of the ten fastest growing jobs in our country pay poverty wages — and when so many workers can't afford the basics, that slows the economy for everyone.

The fast food industry is making record profits, but workers are struggling; many need food stamps and other public assistance just to get through the month.

Although the minimum wage in Montana is just $7.80, an adult with one child would need to make $17.71 an hour working full time in the Missoula area just to afford the basics, according to a model developed by a professor at MIT: http://livingwage.mit.edu/places/3006350200.

In addition to Missoula, strikes will hit cities all over the country, including Seattle, Boston, Chicago, Raleigh, Houston, Memphis, New York, and Oakland.

The August 29th national multi-city strike comes amidst an extraordinary upsurge of worker unrest which has moved low-wage worker issues to the center of public attention. Highly profitable fast food corporations and other big employers have come under increasing pressure as workers continue to raise the question of how we can build a sustainable economy when the fastest-growing jobs pay poverty wages

About Good Jobs Missoula:
Inspired by the May 30th fast food strike in Seattle and other efforts across the country, Good Jobs Missoula is a new movement which seeks to build a sustainable future for the local economy from the middle out — by turning poverty-wage jobs in fast food and other industries into good jobs that offer opportunities for a better future and pay enough for workers to afford basic necessities like food, clothing and rent.
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Contact:
In Missoula: Jacquie Helt, 406-544-9682 Regional: Sage Wilson, sage@workingwa.org

BREAKING - Strikelines spread from fast food to coffee; new locations & new cities join movement

Early-morning coffee strikelines hit Seattle as first-ever national low-wage workers strike expands to new locations and three-dozen cities, including Missoula, Oakland, and Los Angeles Call to "Strike Poverty - Raise Seattle" echoes across the country with similar calls for better pay and the right to organize Low-wage workers call to lift the economy with better pay of $15/hour and the right to organize

NEW COFFEE LOCATIONS: 6:00 am - Starbucks, 1125 4th Ave. 6:30 am - Specialty's Coffee - 1023 3rd Avenue 6:30 am - Top Pot Coffee - 720 Third Ave

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The first-ever national strike of low-wage workers is already bigger than expected, as coffee workers launch early morning strikelines in downtown Seattle and  fast food workers in more than three dozen cities from Missoula to Oakland to Los Angeles do the same.

Similar strikelines are also being launched by low-wage workers in more than four dozen cities across the country today, including Missoula, Oakland, and Los Angeles, responding to the call joined by Seattle fast food workers to "Turn off the fryers, take off your aprons, and walk out August 29th."

Expansion to coffee: The difficult economic circumstances of many low-wage baristas in Seattle were recently brought into sharp relief by the recent story of the Starbucks worker on food stamps who was fired for eating an expired sandwich from the garbage. Baristas from different chains throughout the industry face similar circumstances, as coffee is yet another primarily low-wage industry where most workers simply aren't paid enough to afford the basics. Despite the wealth of some in our region, 7 of the 10 fastest-growing jobs pay poverty wages.

Who: Baristas in Seattle and fast-food workers in Seattle, Missoula, Oakland, Los Angeles, and more then 3 dozen cities across the country.

What: Launch strikelines across the country calling for better pay and the right to organize without retaliation.

When & Where: Thursday, August 29th.

Previously announced:

7:00 am - Westlake Park - morning shift workers gather before strikelines kick off. A brief rally will announce the number of cities joining the strike. (30+ are expected.) 8:30 am - Subway, 501 Seneca St, Seattle 10:30 am - Jimmy Johns - 1200 3rd Ave, Seattle 12:00 pm - Wendy's, 5315 15th Ave NW, Seattle 4:00 pm - Major citywide convergence of striking workers gathers at Plymouth Pillars Park (Pike St & Boren Ave) before heading out to dinner-shift strikelines at nearby fast food locations.

The August 29th national strike comes amidst an extraordinary upsurge of worker unrest which has moved low-wage worker issues to the center of public attention.  From SeaTac to Tacoma to the Skagit Valley to the Seattle mayoral race, highly profitable fast food corporations and other big employers have come under increasing pressure as workers continue to raise the question of how we can build a sustainable economy when the fastest-growing jobs pay poverty wages.

About Good Jobs Seattle:

Sparked by the May 30th fast food strike, Good Jobs Seattle is a growing movement which seeks to build a sustainable future for Seattle's economy from the middle out — by turning poverty-wage jobs in fast food and other industries into good jobs that offer opportunities for a better future and pay enough for workers to afford basic necessities like food, clothing and rent. Good Jobs Seattle is supported by organizations including Washington Community Action Network, Working Washington, OneAmerica, at least one millionaire, and hundreds of workers and grassroots supporters.

A Fact Sheet on the August 29th Strike is available online.

In just a few months fast food workers in Seattle have sparked a fast-growing movement for good jobs:

  • On May 30th, strikelines spread across Seattle as hundreds went on strike for better pay and the right to organize, united under a call to "Strike Poverty - Raise Seattle".
  • On June 15th, mayoral candidates debated what city government could do to raise the economy by lifting up poverty-wage jobs before an audience of about 200 fast food, grocery store, hotel, home care, and other poverty-wage workers and their supporters.
  • On July 11th, fast food workers briefed members of the Seattle city council about working conditions, including low pay, wage theft, and health & safety concerns.
  • On August 1st, informational pickets & in-store teach-ins about criminal wage theft were held at fast food and coffee outlets across the city.

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Contact: Sage Wilson, sage@workingwa.org

Seattle workers to walk out Thursday in first-ever national strike of low-wage workers

Numbers continue to grow as call to "Strike Poverty" echoes across the country

Workers call to lift the economy with better pay of $15/hour and the right to organize

Across Seattle, low-wage workers are planning to walk out Thursday — and it's going national. On August 29th, the first-ever national strike of low-wage workers is expected to expand to dozens of cities across the country, from Los Angeles to Boston to Raleigh, North Carolina. Seattle fast food workers issued this call to strike on August 19th, urging fellow workers to "Turn off the fryers, take off your aprons, and walk out August 29th."

Workers across the country are heeding this national call and joining the movement. Today and tomorrow, worker leaders here in Seattle who work at major chains like McDonald's, Burger King, Taco Bell, and Subway are making hundreds of phone calls to fellow low-wage workers and visiting every fast food outlet in the city to spread the word about the fast-growing movement for good jobs they sparked with their May 30th strike.

(Note: Advance interviews may be available. Contact Sage Wilson at sage@workingwa.org to arrange.)

Who: Fast food workers from McDonalds, Burger King, Taco Bell, Subway, and other chains across Seattle

What: Launch strikelines across Seattle calling for better pay and the right to organize without retaliation.

When & Where: Thursday, August 29th. 7:00 am - Strikelines will kick off with a Westlake Park gathering. 8:00 am - 2:00 pm - Strikelines will spread to multiple locations across the city throughout the day. Specific location details will be available early Thursday morning. 4:00 pm - Major citywide convergence of striking workers gathers at Plymouth Pillars Park (Pike St & Boren Ave) before heading out to dinnertime strikelines at nearby fast food locations.

The August 29th national strike comes amidst an extraordinary upsurge of worker unrest which has moved low-wage worker issues to the center of public attention. From SeaTac to Tacoma to the Skagit Valley to the Seattle mayoral race, highly profitable fast food corporations and other big employers have come under increasing pressure as workers continue to raise the question of how we can build a sustainable economy when the fastest-growing jobs pay poverty wages.

About Good Jobs Seattle:

Sparked by the May 30th fast food strike, Good Jobs Seattle is a growing movement which seeks to build a sustainable future for Seattle's economy from the middle out — by turning poverty-wage jobs in fast food and other industries into good jobs that offer opportunities for a better future and pay enough for workers to afford basic necessities like food, clothing and rent. Good Jobs Seattle is supported by organizations including Washington Community Action Network, Working Washington, OneAmerica, at least one millionaire, and hundreds of workers and grassroots supporters.

A Fact Sheet on the August 29th Strike is available online.

In just a few months fast food workers in Seattle have sparked a fast-growing movement for good jobs:

  • On May 30th, strikelines spread across Seattle as hundreds went on strike for better pay and the right to organize, united under a call to "Strike Poverty - Raise Seattle".
  • On June 15th, mayoral candidates debated what city government could do to raise the economy by lifting up poverty-wage jobs before an audience of about 200 fast food, grocery store, hotel, home care, and other poverty-wage workers and their supporters.
  • On July 11th, fast food workers briefed members of the Seattle city council about working conditions, including low pay, wage theft, and health & safety concerns.
  • On August 1st, informational pickets & in-store teach-ins about criminal wage theft were held at fast food and coffee outlets across the city.

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Contact: Sage Wilson, sage@workingwa.org

Eight arrested outside downtown Seattle McDonald's in civil disobedience over poverty wages and criminal wage theft

Week of escalating worker unrest culminates in an answer to the question: what does it take to get arrested for wage theft?

Three days of escalating worker unrest — including informational pickets, in-store demonstrations, and even a teach-in via drive-thru — at Burger King, Taco Bell, Subway, Arby's, Starbucks, and other low-wage employers across the city culminated this evening outside the 3rd & Pike McDonald's when 8 fast food workers and community members linked arms and engaged in peaceful civil disobedience over the issues of low pay & criminal wage theft.

In the words of Fernando Cruz, a fast food worker and leader in the low-wage workers movement, whose op-ed appeared in the Seattle Times this morning:

"I have children of my own, and I would not earn enough to take care of them if I worked only eight hours a day at the restaurant. When I needed to buy a car a few years go, I had to take on another job in construction. Between the two I worked 16 hours per day, five days per week for two years.

You can’t get that time back. But you should at least get paid for it."
Photos available on dropbox:

Background:

Wage theft occurs when an employer fails to pay time-and-half for hours over 40 in a week; requires employees to work without pay before or after their shifts, or during breaks; takes illegal deductions from paychecks, for example for uniforms or register shortages; or otherwise fails to lawfully pay workers for all their hours worked.

Wage theft hits low-wage workers hard: a formal multi-city study by the National Employment Law Project found that about 68% of low-wage workers experience some form of wage theft, and that those who do experience wage theft lose approximately 15% of their income to the crime. Extrapolating from that data suggests that the 4,300 fast food workers in the City of Seattle lose as much as $100,000 a week to the crime of wage theft — more than $5 million a year that goes missing from the paychecks of poverty wage fast food workers in the City of Seattle alone.

Wage theft is a crime: Good Jobs Seattle has received hundreds of reports detailing frequent violations of wage theft law at multiple fast food chains. Several criminal complaints have already been filed with the Seattle Police Department, and we expect that more will be filed in the days ahead.

More info on wage theft is available on the Good Jobs Seattle Wage Theft Fact Sheet. A fast food workers fact sheet is also available.

Sparked by the May 30th fast food strike, Good Jobs Seattle is a growing movement which seeks to build a sustainable future for Seattle's economy from the bottom up — by turning poverty-wage jobs in fast food and other industries into good jobs that offer opportunities for a better future and pay enough for workers to afford basic necessities like food, clothing and rent. Good Jobs Seattle is supported by organizations including Washington Community Action Network, Working Washington, OneAmerica, and hundreds of workers and grassroots supporters.

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Contact: Sage Wilson, sage@workingwa.org

Fast food worker actions intensify and begin to spread across city from Northgate to SoDo

Unrest spreads to SoDo Arby's a day after workers launch informational pickets during Northgate lunch rush

It won't be business as usual at the SoDo Arby's today, as fast food workers and community supporters converge there to take action in support of a criminal wage theft complaint filed by a worker at that store.

The SoDo Arby's, the Northgate Jimmy John's and numerous other fast food outlets across the city are alleged to have committed the crime of wage theft. In total, the crime of wage theft is estimated to cost Seattle fast food workers as much as $100,000/week.

Who: Poverty-wage fast food workers from Arby's and other chains, along with community supporters

What: Take action in support of a criminal wage theft complaint filed by a worker at the SoDo Arby's.

When: TODAY - Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at 12:00 noon

Where: Arby's, SoDo: 2425 4th Ave S (between Walker St & Lander St), Seattle, WA 98134

Poverty-wage fast food workers are continuing to take action under a call that "Wage Theft is a Crime —  Make Them Pay", as support from workers and community members intensifies and spreads:

"Make them pay" events will reach a crescendo Thursday, when actions will spread to multiple additional stores across the city, culminating in a demonstration and march to a nearby fast food location, scheduled to begin Thursday at 4:30 pm at Westlake Park.

Follow along as events develop all week at #MakeThemPay .

Wage theft amounts to a crime wave: a formal multi-city study by the National Employment Law Project found that about 68% of low-wage workers experience some form of wage theft, and that those who do experience wage theft lose approximately 15% of their income to the crime. Extrapolating from that data suggests that the 4,300 fast food workers in the City of Seattle lose as much as $100,000 a week to the crime of wage theft — more than $5 million a year that goes missing from the paychecks of poverty wage fast food workers in the City of Seattle alone.

Background:

Wage theft occurs when an employer fails to pay time-and-half for hours over 40 in a week; requires employees to work without pay before or after their shifts, or during breaks; takes illegal deductions from paychecks, for example for uniforms or register shortages; or otherwise fails to lawfully pay workers for all their hours worked.

Wage theft is a crime: Good Jobs Seattle has received hundreds of reports detailing frequent violations of wage theft law at multiple fast food chains. Several criminal complaints have already been filed with the Seattle Police Department, and we expect that more will be filed in the days ahead.

More info is available on the Good Jobs Seattle Wage Theft Fact Sheet.

Sparked by the May 30th fast food strike, Good Jobs Seattle is a growing movement which seeks to build a sustainable future for Seattle's economy from the bottom up — by turning poverty-wage jobs in fast food and other industries into good jobs that offer opportunities for a better future and pay enough for workers to afford basic necessities like food, clothing and rent. Good Jobs Seattle is supported by organizations including Washington Community Action Network, Working Washington, OneAmerica, and hundreds of workers and grassroots supporters.

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Contact: Sage Wilson, sage@workingwa.org

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