MOMENTUM BUILDING
Thursday’s demonstrations in 60 cities followed several smaller strikes this year in the $200 billion U.S. fast-food sector, organizers said.
Last November, some 200 workers walked off their fast-food jobs in New York City, and groups in Chicago, Kansas City, Detroit and other cities followed their lead in April and July.
Fast-food wage activists are now receiving financial and technical support from the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).
Their active online presence echoes Occupy Wall Street – a movement that several supporters of the protests cited as an inspiration.