Minimum wage protest at Wendy's.

PositionOn the Line - Brief article

During the lunch rush on January 31 at a downtown Wendy's restaurant in New York City, picketed chanted "Get up! Get down! There's a revolution in this town!"

The protest, organized by 99 Pickets and Fight for 15 (referring to the demand for a $ 15-an-hour minimum wage), was a show of support for fired Wendy's worker Rynetta Bennett, who lost her job after she began organizing campaigns for a $15-an-hour wage and a union at Wendy's.

Bennett is one of thousands of fast-food workers who have been building the nationwide movement for livable wages and better...

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