It Might Be Impossible To Get A Fast Food Meal On Thursday [View all]

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Fast-food workers nationwide aren't planning to show up to work on Thursday, Sept. 4.

(Reuters) - Fast-food workers in more than 150 U.S. cities are planning protests on Thursday to press for a wage increase to $15 an hour and allow them to unionize jobs from the fry-basket at McDonald's to the cash register at Burger King [BKCBK.UL].

"We're going to have walkouts all over the country," said Kendall Fells, organizing director of the movement called Fight for 15. "There are going to be workers who don't show up to work or who walk off the job at 12:01 a.m. or at noon."

Observing the various job actions will be international delegations of workers from 13 countries in Europe, Asia and South America, he said.

The protests come as cities across the United States propose minimum wage increases while Democrats in Congress seek to raise the federal minimum wage ahead of November's mid-term congressional elections.



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