Striking Workers: Fast Food Workers

fast food workers: Fast-food workers protested in U.S. cities including New York, Chicago and Detroit, with organizers expecting the biggest national walkouts yet in a demand for higher wages, according to CBC. Workers say they want $15 US an hour, which would be about $31,000 US a year for full-time employees. That's more than double the federal minimum wage, which many fast food workers make, of $7.25 an hour, or $15,000 a year. White House urges higher minimum wage U.S. fast-food customers in search of burgers on Thursday might run into striking workers instead. Organizers say thousands of fast-food workers were set to stage walkouts in about 50 cities, part of a push to get chains such as McDonald's, Taco Bell and Wendy's to pay wages that people can live on. The restaurants were to stay open. McDonald's super-sizes CEO pay during tough times (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.