Case – Maryland and DC minimum wages are set to rise in 2020 as more US states try to raise the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour. (Mr. Spencer Green / AP Photo)
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UPDATED 8:12 AM PT – Friday, January 15, 2021
Fast food workers in more than a dozen cities across the country are preparing to go on strike. A group called Fight for $ 15 and a workers’ union are calling on workers to strike on Friday to demand a minimum wage of $ 15 an hour.
Fast food workers go on strike on January 15, in what would be MLK’s 92nd anniversary, to demand $ 15 / hour and the right to a union! Workers will not give back until everyone earns at least $ 15! # FightFor15 https://t.co/pPgSODMEph pic.twitter.com/c7a5rxkvHg
– Fight for 15 (@ fightfor15) January 13, 2021
The organization specifically hopes that workers at McDonald’s and Wendy’s, two of the largest fast food chains in the country, will join their cause.
The group planned the strike to coincide with what would have been the 92nd anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Strikes are expected in at least 15 cities from Los Angeles to Detroit.
Fast food workers like Ashley of Florida earned $ 15 an hour in November last year, but it doesn’t slow down. We will all fight until EVERY WORKER receives $ 15. #RaisetheWage # Fightfor15 https://t.co/dz9vNvXxal pic.twitter.com/bwBgiOgwch
– Show me $ 15 (@ Show_Me15) January 8, 2021