This sort of action is precisely the reason why we have, in the UK, the ability for working men to vote (Originally, they couldn't, it was won by the Chartists in the 1800s), the ability for women to vote, human rights laws, worker's rights laws, and the NHS.

More recently McDonalds workers went on a mass strike in the UK for a living wage, and got a pay rise:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/mcdonalds-w...