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A Matter of Time

'I think there’s growing recognition that a nerve has been touched. The industry had better start to take this seriously, because this isn’t going to blow over.'

Mary Kay Henry, president of the Service
Employees International Union (SEIU),
concerning the ongoing fast-food strikes
around the country that began a year ago,
saying it is only a matter of time before
the worker protests became so great that
McDonald’s, Burger King and other
companies agreed to negotiate

 

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