US Fast-Food Workers Rallying for Higher Pay

Fast-food workers are rallying in many U.S. cities Thursday in an uphill fight to raise the country's minimum wage.Labor organizers say workers at such fast-food chains as McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King and others are planning to walk off their low-paying jobs in 100 cities, with demonstrations planned in other communities.The fast-food restaurant workers are calling for a national $15-an-hour minimum wage. That is more than twice the current $7.25 figure that many of them are...

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