Fast-food workers strike, seeking $15 wage, political muscle
Source: usatoday.com
Paul Davidson11:11 a.m. EST November 10, 2015
Cecelia O'Brien joins other workers to protest outside a McDonald's restaurant on in Miami, Fl. The protesters are demanding action from state legislators and presidential candidates to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Joe Raedle, Getty Images
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Fast-food workers demanding a $15 an hour wage walked out in dozens of cities early Tuesday morning, kicking off a year-long campaign to muster the political power of 64 million low-wage workers in next year's presidential election.
The protests, which will take place in 270 cities, mark the workers' largest show of force in the three years since they launched a series of rallies to call for higher pay and the right to unionize, according to Fight for $15, which represents the workers and is backed by the Service Employees International Union.
Tens of thousands of workers and supporters were expected to take part in Tuesday's demonstrations, which began around dawn at McDonald's outlets in downtown Brooklyn, Boston and Philadelphia, among other locations. Protests in as many as 700 additional cities were planned by low-paid home care, child care, farm, FedEx, nursing home and other workers throughout the day.
In Detroit, about 200 workers protested in the early-morning darkness as a cold rain fell outside a McDonald's on Plymouth Road............
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