Rev. Dr. William Barber, president of the North Carolina branch of the NAACP and one of the leaders of the Moral Mondays protests, equates the low-wage protests that have racked the fast food industry -- including the May demonstration at the McDonald’s Corp. headquarters in Oak Brook, Illinois, in which 101 protesters were arrested -- as the next
Civil Rights Leader Calls McDonald’s Protests Next Step In Civil Rights Movement
McDonald’s employees and those working for other low-wage employers feel the effects of the historic levels of income inequality in the U.S.