In the first-ever nationwide strike of its kind for the fast food industry, hundreds of McDonald’s workers channeled the power of the #MeToo movement on Tuesday by walking out to protest the company’s failure to address the “sexual assault epidemic” at its restaurants.

Protests across 10 major American cities—Chicago, Durham, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, Milwaukee, New Orleans, Orlando, San Francisco, and St Louis—aimed to pressure the company to “strengthen and enforce its zero-tolerance policy against sexual harassment” by holding mandatory trainings, creating an effective system to manage complaints, and forming a committee that includes workers to improve policies.

“Today’s action is not just bold, but historic,” the Cut reports. “This is the first-ever nationwide strike against sexual harassment, and it’s led by working-class women of color in a moment of reckoning that tends to be dominated by accounts of the wealthy and privileged.”

Protesters outside McDonald’s Chicago headquarters held a five-minute moment of silence “to highlight how we’ve been silenced too long about sexual harassment.” The group also taped their demands to the building doors.

“We’re breaking our silence, we’re making history,” Teresa Cervantes declared at a Chicago rally, “so youth will have a better future.” Cervantes has worked for multiple McDonald’s restaurants in the Chicago area, and her daughter also works for the company.

McDonald’s claims there are “policies, procedures, and training in place that are specifically designed to prevent sexual harassment,” but workers say complaints often have been met with indifference or even retaliation.

“All the men feel like they have all the power, so they’ll cut your hours. Or if they can’t, they’ll just make your day a living hell. They make you feel like you are nothing, just because you tried to stand up against them,” Adriana Alvarez, who has worked at a Chicago McDonald’s for nine years and helped organize the strike, told The New Republic.