Walkouts planned at restaurants owned by mega-corporations in more than a dozen cities ‘for racial and economic justice’
Fast-food workers from more than a dozen US cities are striking on Friday to demand the federal minimum be increased to $15 an hour.
Ahead of Monday’s holiday honoring American civil rights leader the Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr, the group known as Fight for 15 said workers from mega-corporations including McDonald’s and Starbucks had been encouraged to walk off their jobs on what would have been King’s 92nd birthday on 15 January.
Fast-food workers are going on strike January 15, on what would be MLK's 92nd birthday, to demand $15/hr and the right to a union! Workers will not back down until everyone makes at least $15! #FightFor15https://t.co/pPgSODMEphpic.twitter.com/c7a5rxkvHg
It’s long past time to raise the minimum wage, so hardworking people earn at least $15 an hour.
I hope that Democratic control of the House and Senate will ensure prompt action to get it done.