NEW YORK (AP) — Fast-food customers in search of burgers
and fries might run into striking workers instead. Organizers say thousands of fast-food workers
are set to stage walkouts in dozens of cities around the country Thursday, part
of a push to get chains such as McDonald's, Taco Bell and Wendy's to pay
workers higher wages.
It's expected be the largest nationwide strike by
fast-food workers, according to organizers. The biggest effort so far was over
the summer when about 2,200 of the nation's millions of fast-food workers
staged a one-day strike in seven cities.
Thursday's planned walkouts follow a series of strikes
that began last November in New York City, then spread to cities including
Chicago, Detroit and Seattle. Workers say they want $15 an hour, which would be
about $31,000 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…..To Read More….
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