Labor leaders and supporters of the Fight for $15 protest movement celebrated another victory on Wednesday after New York State's wage board decided to raise minimum wage for fast food workers to $15 per hour.
Starting this summer, approximately 90,000 McDonald's employees working at company-owned stores will received an increase in their paychecks along with paid vacation.
Thousands of workers demand a higher wage of $15 an hour around the country and are picketing fast food locations and using civil disobedience to fight for their cause.
Roughly 1,300 fast food workers over the weekend are expected to attend a national convention in suburban Chicago, where they will discuss their efforts to unionize and demand high higher wages.
Protesters plan to debate wages at shareholder meeting Thursday Over 100 McDonald's workers and activists were arrested Wednesday as they protested low wages at the company's headquarters in Oak Brook, Illinois.
Hundreds of fast-food workers in a several U.S. and international cities joined the minimum wage debate Thursday by staging a walk off from their jobs and demanding a $15-an-hour wage.
Workers are demanding $15 per hour. Fast food workers worldwide demanding more pay are ready to strike on May 15. Fast Food Forward, a group that represents U.
