US fast-food workers strike over low wages in nationwide protests

US fast-food workers strike over low wages in nationwide protests

Thousands due to strike across 100 cities through the day in a signal of the growing clamour for action on income equality

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/05/fast-food-workers-strike-minimum-wage

MoveOn members are protesting at McDonald's locations in Seattle, San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. Photograph: Eduardo Munoz /Reuters

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Jack M. Greenberg was the chairman & CEO for McDonald's Corporation, and is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Note: Walter E. Massey is a director at McDonald's Corporation, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Andrew J. McKenna Sr. is the chairman for the McDonald's Corporation, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Miles D. White is a director at McDonald's Corporation, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory

http://commercialclubchicago.org/members/e.html

Please note: This link for the members of the Commercial Club of Chicago can no longer be found.

Newton N. Minow is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.

R. Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.

Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.

Obama throws support to minimum wage movement in economy speech

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/04/obama-support-minimum-wage-inequality-speech

Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP, and is a friend of Desiree G. Rogers & John W. Rogers Jr.

Desiree G. Rogers is a friend of Michelle Obama, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and was married to John W. Rogers Jr.

John W. Rogers Jr. is a friend of Michelle Obama, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a director at McDonald's Corporation.

Valerie B. Jarrett is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and was a director at the Chicago Urban League.

Janice L. Fields was the secretary for the Chicago Urban League, is a director at the Monsanto Company, and the president of McDonald's USA.

Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank), the Economic Policy Institute, and the Aspen Institute (think tank).

George Soros is the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, was a contributor for MoveOn.org, and a member of the Democracy Alliance.

Stephanie Taylor was an organizer for MoveOn.org, and an organizer for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).

Mary Kay Henry is the president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), a director at the Economic Policy Institute, and a director at the Democracy Alliance.

Andrew L. Stern was the president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), a director at the Economic Policy Institute, and a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

James S. Crown is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Lester Crown was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Jack M. Greenberg is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and was the chairman & CEO for McDonald's Corporation.