Thursday, August 29, 2013



NEW YORK -- Fast-food workers across the United States (click here) staged their largest strike to date this morning in an almost year-long campaign to raise wages in the service sector.
Employees of McDonald's Corp, Wendy's Restaurants LLC, Burger King Worldwide Inc and others walked off their jobs in 50 cities from Boston, Mass, to Alameda, Calif., organizers say. They were expected to be joined by retail employees at stores owned by Macy's Inc, Sears Holdings Corp and Dollar Tree Inc in some cities....