Detroit fast food workers join protests across US to raise federal minimum wage

STRAIT – The battle over the minimum wage intensified on Friday.

A Fight for $ 15 rally was held at a McDonald’s near the intersection of Livernois Avenue and West McNichols Road on the west side of Detroit. The weather was not ideal for a rally, but that did not deter the protesters.

Fast food workers joined protests in more than a dozen cities across the country. They want the minimum wage to be raised to $ 15 an hour.

Workers quit their jobs to join the Fight for $ 15 movement. Protesters want new administration Joe Biden to raise the federal minimum wage within the first 100 days of taking office. It could raise the wages of nearly 40% of black workers and narrow the racial wage gap.

The federal minimum wage has not been increased since July 2009.

“We are working very hard. Very difficult, ”said Domoique Jackson. “We are heard here. It’s MLK’s birthday, so we have to carry on our legacy and his legacy for him.

Detroit’s fast food cooks and cashiers honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday by continuing the fight for economic and racial justice and calling for a living wage. They said many colleagues work full time but still rely on federal aid programs to put food on the table.

Detroit police prevented the trailer from blocking the drive-thru McDonald’s, which happened at similar rallies across the country.