Fast food workers strike, nationally, locally

While it seems fast food workers may be getting the cart before the horse by striking before they have a bargaining representative, such tactics are certainly protected conduct, it only remains to be seen if it is effective in causing upward adjustments to pay or other terms and conditions of employment. We even have a West Bank event being reported. Collective actions like these, even where there is no "official" union representation can be protected activity under the National Labor Relations Act. Employers should proceed with caution, and the advice of a knowledgeable labor practitioner when responding to strikes or other collective activity by employees.