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Uber drivers to join Tuesday’s ‘Fight for $15’ strike

November 28, 2016

A nationwide “Fight for $15” day of disruption scheduled for Tuesday now includes strikes by Uber drivers in two dozen cities, as well as by baggage handlers and cabin cleaners at Chicago O’Hare International Airport, hospital workers in Pittsburgh and McDonald’s and other fast-food cooks and cashiers nationwide, the Fight for $15 organization announced.

This marks the first time Uber drivers have joined this fight with fast-food, airport, higher education, home care and child care workers, 24/7 Wall St. reports. At the San Francisco International Airport, Uber drivers intend to march with airport and fast-food workers, holding signs that read, “Your Uber Driver Is Arriving Striking.” While in Denver, the drivers will replace their Uber placards with strike signs and join other workers on an early morning strike line outside a McDonald’s restaurant. Similar demonstrations are expected in cities like Boston, Miami and Chicago.