US fast-food workers lead day of protest for $15per hour

AFP, NEW YORK: Workers from fast-food chains, airports and other service industries rallied in US cities Tuesday as part of a nationwide day of disruption to demand union rights and a minimum wage of $15 an hour.
In New York, a group of 500 that included airport and taxi workers joined a union-backed “Fight For 15” march in front of a McDonald’s fast food restaurant near Wall Street.
Demonstrators briefly blocked Broadway before police arrested about 20 of them, with other rallies organized in Chicago, Los Angeles and Fort Lauderdale in the state of Florida. Workers joining in included cabin cleaners, luggage handlers and other staff at O’Hare, Los Angeles and Fort Lauderdale airports. However, flights were not expected to be disrupted.
Some 40 people were arrested near a McDonald’s near downtown Los Angeles early Tuesday after they refused police orders to clear an intersection.

US fast-food workers lead day of protest for $15per hour

AFP, NEW YORK: Workers from fast-food chains, airports and other service industries rallied in US cities Tuesday as part of a nationwide day of disruption to demand union rights and a minimum wage of $15 an hour. In New York, a group of 500 that included airport and taxi workers joined a union-backed Fight For 15 march in front of a McDonalds fast food restaurant near Wall Street. Demonstrators briefly blocked Broadway before police arrested about 20 of them, with other rallies organized in Chicago, Los Angeles and Fort Lauderdale in the state of Florida. Workers joining in included cabin cleaners, luggage handlers and other staff at OHare, Los Angeles and Fort Lauderdale airports. However, flights were not expected to be disrupted. Some 40 people were arrested near a McDonalds near downtown Los Angeles early Tuesday after they refused police orders to clear an intersection.