$15 An Hour Protest Is NOT A Grassroots Movement

"Supersize my check!' That was the call of protesters outside of Mcdonalds' headquarters in Oak Brook, Illinois this week.  The protesters, consisting of a sprinkling of actual McDonald's workers and groups of well-traveled paid-agitators, claim that the fast-food giant has been holding out on its employees.  The architects of the "supersize my check' movement are the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and off-shoot organizations of the now defunct Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN).

First, let's look at the stated goal of the protests--to get McDonald's to pay its workers $15.00 an hour. Presumably, other large employers will be targeted at some point, since it would be rather discriminatory to only fight for McDonalds' workers wouldn't it? The narrative goes like this, McDonald's earns lots and lots of money by using near-slave labor. And since McDonald's is such a large corporation, making so much money, the workers are entitled to nearly double the money they agreed to when they willingly accepted the job at McDonald's.  Got it?