Fast-food workers are expected to walk off their jobs in 150 cities from Oakland to Orlando. The protests will be a first for fast-food workers in Miami, Orlando, Philadelphia and Sacramento. 
The events are intended to publicize the employees’ demand for a $15-an-hour wage. The median pay nationwide for fast-food restaurant workers is $8.69 an hour.
Organized by a group called Fast Food Forward, the walk-outs are expected to hit only two or three restaurants in each city, all of them big name brands like McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s and KFC.
Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at Fast-Food Strikers Set To Walk Off Jobs Worldwide Today.
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