New York, May 15 (RHC)-- In U.S. labor news, McDonald’s workers are planning a strike next Wednesday, May 19th, to demand a minimum wage of $15 an hour.
Earlier this week, the fast-food giant announced it is raising wages at company-owned restaurants, but 95% of McDonald’s branches are franchise locations that are not subject to the salary changes.
McDonald’s worker and union organizer Doneshia Babbitt said: “[McDonald’s is] raising pay for some of us and using fancy math tricks to gloss over the fact that they’re selling most of us short. … We won’t stop fighting, striking and marching in the streets until we win $15 and a union for all.”
