In Oakland, California, every McDonald's in the city but one was shut down beginning at 8:00 AM for an hour in a coordinated show of force to demand $15 and a union.
All the actions then converged on the remaining McDonald's - at 45th & Telegraph - for a final shutdown action. Robert Reich, UC Professor and former Secretary of Labor, visited the action and may have spoken.
This afternoon at 1:00 PM there will be a march from Oscar Grant Plaza in Oakland to Sproul Plaza on the UC Berkeley Campus, where the largest rally ever in the East Bay for the Fight for $15 will be being held. Thousands are expected, converging from all over Northern California.
Below are tweetpics from actions around the globe on this International Day of Action in the fight for a living wage.
Philippines:
Tokyo:
Bangladesh
Belgium
Glasgow
London
Brooklyn
New York
Philadephia
Florida
Ft. Lauderdale
Birmingham, Alabama
Madison, Wisconsin
Memphis
St. Louis
New Orleans
Chicago
San Diego
Oakland