Photos: Fast-Food Strikes Hit 100 Cities

December 5, 2013 marked the largest fast-food strikes in history, organizers say.

By Julianne Hing Dec 6, 2013

Is there anything quite so beautiful as masses of people joining together to demand better treatment for themselves and others? These photos should quiet the naysayers. In what organizers are calling the largest fast-food strikes in U.S. history, workers and their supporters in over [100 cities](http://colorlines.com/archives/2013/12/fast-food_worker_strikes_set_for_100_cities.html) went on strike on Thursday to amplify their calls for a $15 an hour minimum wage and the right to unionize. McDonald's dismissed the strikes, many of which targeted the company's locations, and said its workers were not among the protestors. "To right-size the headlines, however, the events taking place are not strikes," the company said [in a statement](http://news.mcdonalds.com/Corporate/Media-Statements/McDonald%E2%80%99s-USA-Response-to-Labor-Rallies) Thursday. "Outside groups are traveling to McDonald's and other outlets to stage rallies." The company's statement prompted a gleeful response from striking workers around the country who took to social media to identify themselves and point out their coworkers in the photos of demonstrators. In the early morning hours in New York City

Leaving Times Square and on to the next. 15 & a union! #fastfoodstrikes #nyc #allofus pic.twitter.com/PvY6rxC9mV

— Fast Food Forward (@FastFoodForward) December 5, 2013
Later in the day

We're in Washington Heights, 181st and Broadway. #FastFoodStrikes #D5 #allofus pic.twitter.com/y9qB0e96TF

— Fast Food Forward (@FastFoodForward) December 5, 2013
All the way up in Providence, Rhode Island

Great photo of strike at Wendys in RI. We are out here supporting national #fastfoodstrike. Raise pay, lift up RI. pic.twitter.com/8TRW32qDji

— $15 and a Union (@15andaUnion) December 5, 2013
Taking over the streets of Chicago with the Grinch

. @RonaldMcGrinch bringing a McChristmas of low wages 2 Chicago but @fightfor15 workers fight back! #fastfoostrikes pic.twitter.com/OYMyq75Osq

— Fight For 15 (@fightfor15) December 5, 2013
A young demonstrator in Pittsburgh

Destiny, from Pittsburgh, is here with the #fastfoodstrikes fighting for her future. pic.twitter.com/WWXiqoutbM

— SEIU Healthcare PA (@seiuhcpa) December 5, 2013
With rhyming chants in Boston

"Hold the burger, hold the fries -- make my wages supersized!" With @RaiseUpMA #fastfoodstrike pic.twitter.com/1VcwbscdZN

— Alex Lach (@alexglach) December 5, 2013
Protestors hit up Jack in the Box, Little Caesars and McDonald's in St. Louis, Missouri

#fastfoodstrikes fueled by young people! @Y_STL leader @sheenbean32 @stl735 #showme15 pic.twitter.com/bZwKUB2Pzs

— Young Activists (@Y_STL) December 5, 2013
Outside a McDonald's in Huntsville, Alabama

Huntsville, AL supports the #fastfoodstrikes pic.twitter.com/XZnRzRWT6t

— kyledeb (@kyledeb) December 5, 2013
From Green Bay to Madison to Milwaukee in Wisconsin

All WI #FastFoodStrikes actions. Solidarity! TY @wisaflcio @wwaflcio @UnitedCouncil @SEIUHCWI @la_lloronan #wiunion pic.twitter.com/whPk7CJ2Tb

— Wisconsin Jobs Now (@WiscJobsNow) December 6, 2013
Outside a Detroit McDonald's

@McDonalds says no workers went on strike today. We have several of them in this picture. #FastFoodStrikes pic.twitter.com/iweHO12IZm

— #D15 (@Detroit_15) December 5, 2013
McDonald's in Tampa, Florida

#fastfoodstrike get up, get down, Tampa is a union town! pic.twitter.com/sbMTnb8e3i

— CentralFl JWJ (@CentralFlJwJ) December 5, 2013
In front of a McDonald's in Los Angeles

El trabajo es trabajo. Apoyamos a nuestros amigos .@foodchainworker en su lucha por un salario justo! #SiSePuede pic.twitter.com/Duj9nJ2KQP

— UFW Foundation (@UFWF) December 5, 2013
In the snow in Denver

On strike against low pay that holds Denver down. Listen to the workers: $15 and a union! #FastFoodStrikes pic.twitter.com/cx07Oy9JoQ

— SEIU Local 105 (@SEIU105) December 5, 2013
Lighting the way in Seattle

#onthemarch @GoodJobsSeattle @workingwa pic.twitter.com/29XthOAPZa

— Alex Garland (@AGarlandPhoto) December 6, 2013

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