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

DETROIT – The fight for the minimum wage was heated on Friday.

A Fight for $ 15 rally took place at a McDonald’s near the intersection of Livernois Avenue and West McNichols Road on the west side of Detroit. The weather wasn’t ideal for a rally, but it didn’t deter 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 left the job to enter the fight for $ 15. Protesters want Joe Biden’s new government to raise the federal minimum wage within Biden’s first 100 days of taking office. It could increase the wages of nearly 40% of black workers and narrow the racial pay gap.

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

“We work very hard. Very difficult,” said Domoique Jackson. “We are being heard here.

Detroit fast food chefs and cashiers celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 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 caravan from blocking the McDonald’s drive-thru, which has happened at similar rallies across the country.