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May 22, 2015

Thousands Call for $15-an-Hour Minimum Wage at McDonald's HQ 
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Thousands of people descended on Mc Donald's headquarters in Oak Brook,
Illinois, for a second day to demand a $15-an-hour minimum wage and the
right to unionize. Protesters delivered a petition with 1.4 million
signatures in support of worker demands. Mc Donald's recently announced
it would start paying workers $1-per-hour above the local minimum wage
at company-owned stores — only about 10 percent of its locations.

 

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