Fast Food Unions: Tuesday January 15, 1-2 p.m.

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In November, hundreds of fast-food workers in New York City from dozens of restaurants, including Wendy’s, McDonald’s, Burger King and Taco Bell, walked off of their jobs to demand $15 an hour, the right to unionize and to improve working conditions. Could the fast-food workers effort gain a foothold in Baltimore and other U.S cities? A look at the national low-wage workers movement with Harold Miller, lead organizer for New York’s Communities for Change, and Linda Archer, a cashier at a Times Square McDonald’s who walked off her job last November.