Massachusetts Minimum Wage Ups to $13.50 in 2021
The wage will reach $15 in 2023.
Fast food Workers
Fast Food Walk Out
For the umpteenth time, workers at McDonald's, KFC, Burger King and other major fast food restaurants will stage a work protest in support of raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour.
Fast-Food Workers Protest For Higher Wages
Fast food workers are protesting across the country today and demanding higher wages.
In Durham, North Carolina, workers chanted "hold the burgers, hold the fries, make our wages super-sized."
In New York City, protesters yelled "we can't survive on seven-25."
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Report: Half Of Fast Food Workers On Public Assistance
More than half of American fast food workers receive some type of public assistance.
A new report from economists at UC Berkeley and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign says that public aid ends up costing the nation around seven-billion dollars a year.
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