We have one thing to say:

[Omaha Steve]

Today, 90K McDonalds workers got less than $1 raise. The other 1.6 million workers got the news that 90,000 of their coworkers still won't make a living wage.


We have one thing to say:

Hey McDonald’s: We said $15 and a union--for everybody. See you on April 15: http://April15.org #FightFor15



This pay announcement happened for one reason -- because workers forced McDonald’s hand.


Points to share


For more than two years, fast-food workers have joined together to demand $15 an hour and union rights.

There’s no way the company would have raised pay without workers speaking out for better jobs.

Fast-food workers are forcing this company to act, and it’s clear the company is reacting to the growing pressure from workers to pay more.

It’s no coincidence the company announced this the day after workers announced plans for the largest-ever fast-food strike in U.S. history.

This is a weak move by a company that makes roughly $5 billion in profits every year.

Raising pay just a little for only a small fraction of your workers (10 percent) isn’t real change. This is a PR move that won’t help workers cover the cost of rent, groceries, or other basic needs.

Fast-food workers help McDonald’s make roughly $5 billion in profits each year, but still won’t be paid nearly enough to survive.

This raise is surely not enough to help families move into the middle class.

Even with this raise, workers like Kwanza Brooks will make only $9 to $10 an hour and still struggle mightily to pay for child care, medical bills, and groceries.

The mini-sized bump for a fraction of its workers means that McDonald’s – despite roughly $5 billion in profits – is still going to force taxpayers to pay for the cost of the company’s low wages.

This proves McDonald’s can choose to raise wages and workers won’t stop until they get $15 and union rights.

This proves the company can choose to provide better jobs that Americans need and can choose to raise wages.

Americans that work full time should be able to afford the basic necessities like groceries, rent, transportation – especially when their employer makes roughly $5 billion in profits every year.

Fast-food workers and their supporters are making real change happen. Workers will not stop fighting for $15 and union rights and a fair shot for their families.

This shows what workers can win by standing together and demanding more. This movement can’t stop and it won’t stop until workers win what they have demanded from day one - $15 an hour and the right to a union.