Drive through sit in for $15/hr [View all]

Last edited Wed Feb 24, 2016, 01:55 PM - Edit history (1)

OccupyWNC (operating in the western counties of NC) pulled off a novel form of demonstration back in November. We partnered with other activist groups including local NAACP chapters and Raise Up for $15 to occupy the drive through. We picked a chain fast food resturaunt, identified each of their locations in our area, and volunteers spent about 90 minutes visiting every franchise location in town to order a living wage at the drive through window. We had a lot of fund with this and got some great feedback from employees (who were general amused and heartened by the event). We even made the local news.

If anyone is interested in replicating this type of direct action I'd be happy to provide more info about how this came together and share the materials we used (fliers, scripts, etc).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=wNAEMIoLsuI&app=desktop