PHOTOS: Fast food workers protest for higher pay nationwide
September 4, 2014
Protesters participate in a display of civil disobedience in the middle of 87th street between a McDonaldĂs and a Burger King on Chicago's south side as labor organizers escalate their campaign to unionize the industry's workers, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. Workers involved in the movement are intensifying their push for higher pay and unionization. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) ( Fast Food Protests Chicago )
NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 04: Protesters demanding higher wages and unionization for fast food workers block traffic near Times Square on September 4, 2014 in New York City. Protests are planned in more than 100 cities throughout the U.S. today, as workers demand higher wages. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ( 454601154 )
Protesters march on a McDonalds restaurant in Detroit as part of a national protest to push fast-food chains to pay their employees at least $15 an hour Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. Hundreds of workers from McDonald's, Taco Bell, Wendy's and other fast-food chains are expected to walk off their jobs Thursday, according to labor organizers. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) ( Fast Food Protest )
A worker carries a bucket to clean windows outside a Burger King restaurant before it opens as protestors demonstrate outside, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014, in Atlanta. Calling for higher pay and the right to form a union without retaliation, fast-food chain workers and community supporters in Atlanta protested Thursday as part of a wave of strikes and protests in 150 cities across the U.S. (AP Photo/David Goldman) ( Fast Food Protests )
Fast food workers protest inside a McDonald's restaurant during a demonstration against low wages in Los Angeles on September 04, 2014. A dozen protesters were arrested during the demonstration which is part of a series of nationwide protests calling for higher wages for fast-food restaurant workers. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTONMARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images ( 533010291 )
A fast-food worker is chants slogans before being detained by police during a protest to push fast-food chains to pay their employees at least $15 an hour, outside a McDonald's restaurant Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014, in Philadelphia. The protest movement, which is backed financially by the Service Employees International Union and others, has gained national attention at a time when the wage gap between the poor and the rich has become a hot political issue. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) ( Fast Food Protests )
Protestor Ronald Stanley, second from left, speaks to a police officer as a demonstration demanding fast-food restaurant chains pay employees at least $15 an hour marches across a busy intersection, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014, in Atlanta. Calling for higher pay and the right to form a union without retaliation, fast-food chain workers in Atlanta protested Thursday as part of a wave of strikes and protests in 150 cities across the U.S. (AP Photo/David Goldman) ( Fast Food Potests )
Protesters block traffic on Mack Avenue in Detroit as part of a national protest to push fast-food chains to pay their employees at least $15 an hour Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. Hundreds of workers from McDonald's, Taco Bell, Wendy's and other fast-food chains are expected to walk off their jobs Thursday, according to labor organizers of the latest national protest to push the companies to pay their employees at least $15 an hour. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) ( Fast Food Protest )
Police handcuff protesters blocking traffic on Mack Avenue in Detroit as part of a national protest to push fast-food chains to pay their employees at least $15 an hour Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. Hundreds of workers from McDonald's, Taco Bell, Wendy's and other fast-food chains are expected to walk off their jobs Thursday, according to labor organizers of the latest national protest to push the companies to pay their employees at least $15 an hour. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) ( Fast Food Protest )
*** BESTPIX *** NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 04: Protesters demanding higher wages and unionization for fast food workers block traffic near Times Square on September 4, 2014 in New York City. Protests are planned in more than 100 cities throughout the U.S. today, as workers demand higher wages. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ( 454601150 )
CHICAGO, IL - SEPTEMBER 04: Police arrest demonstrators who were protesting for an increase in wages for fast food workers and home care workers after they staged a sit-in on 87th Street during the morning rush hour on September 4, 2014 in Chicago, Illinois. Nineteen protestors were arrested at the demonstration. The demonstration was one of many staged nationwide in a push to increase wages to $15-per-hour for the workers. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) ( 454610286 )
CHICAGO, IL - SEPTEMBER 04: Police arrest demonstrators who were protesting for an increase in wages for fast food workers and home care workers after they staged a sit-in on 87th Street during the morning rush hour on September 4, 2014 in Chicago, Illinois. About two dozen protestors were arrested at the demonstration. The demonstration was one of many staged nationwide in a push to increase wages to $15-per-hour for the workers. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) ( 454610296 )
NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 04: Protesters demanding higher wages and unionization for fast food workers march on September 4, 2014 in New York City. Approximately 20-30 protesters were arrested in New York across two protests that took place. Protests are planned in more than 100 cities throughout the U.S. today, as workers demand higher wages. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ( 454614922 )
Ghislaine Bazile chants along with fellow demonstrators demanding higher wages for fast food workers, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014 in North Miami Beach, Fla. The protests are part of a nationwide day of action targeting the fast food industry. Some 50 activists and workers gathered before dawn outside restaurants in Miami Gardens. Later, more than 100 people convened outside restaurants in North Miami Beach around noon. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) ( Fast Food Protests )
Fast food workers march towards a downtown McDonald's restaurant during a demonstration against low wages in Los Angeles on September 04, 2014. A dozen protesters were arrested during the demonstration which is part of a series of nationwide protests calling for higher wages for fast-food restaurant workers. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTONMARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images ( 533010601 )
A fast food worker is detained by Los Angeles police after staging a sit-in outside a McDonald's restaurant during a demonstration against low wages in Los Angeles on September 04, 2014. A dozen protesters were arrested during the demonstration which is part of a series of nationwide protests calling for higher wages for fast-food restaurant workers. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTONMARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images ( 533008568 )
Protesters gather inside a Taco Bell restaurant in Kansas City, Mo. on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014, as part of the "Fight for $15" campaign, a national protest to push fast-food chains to pay their employees at least $15 an hour. The movement, which is backed financially by the Service Employees International Union and others, has gained national attention at a time when the wage gap between the poor and the rich has become a hot political issue. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) ( Fast Food Protests )
Protesters gather outside a Popeye's restaurant in Kansas City, Mo. on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014, as part of the "Fight for $15" campaign, a national protest to push fast-food chains to pay their employees at least $15 an hour. The movement, which is backed financially by the Service Employees International Union and others, has gained national attention at a time when the wage gap between the poor and the rich has become a hot political issue. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) ( Fast Food Protests )
CHICAGO, IL - SEPTEMBER 04: McDonald's restaurant employee Brian Stepney protests for an increase in wages for fast food and home care workers during a demonstration on September 4, 2014 in Chicago, Illinois. Nineteen protestors, including Stepney, were arrested at the demonstration after they staged a sit-in in the middle of 87th Street. The demonstration was one of many held nationwide in a push to increase wages to $15-per-hour for the workers. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) ( 454611098 )
Handcuffed protestors sit on a curb Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014, in Las Vegas. Police detained several protesters in cities nationwide Thursday as they blocked traffic in the latest attempt to escalate their efforts to get McDonald's, Burger King and other fast-food companies to pay their employees at least $15 an hour. (AP Photo/John Locher) ( Fast Food Protests )
Handcuffed protestors chant for increased wages at fast food restaurants Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014, in Las Vegas. Police detained several protesters in cities nationwide Thursday as they blocked traffic in the latest attempt to escalate their efforts to get McDonald's, Burger King and other fast-food companies to pay their employees at least $15 an hour. (AP Photo/John Locher) ( Fast Food Protests )
Angela Owens, who works in the health care industry, wipes tears from her eyes as she speaks to members of the media at a protest to push fast-food chains to pay their employees at least $15 an hour, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014, outside a McDonald's restaurant in Philadelphia. The protest movement, which is backed financially by the Service Employees International Union and others, has gained national attention at a time when the wage gap between the poor and the rich has become a hot political issue. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) ( APTOPIX Fast Food Protests )
A McDonald's worker is detained by police during a protest to push fast-food chains to pay their employees at least $15 an hour, outside a McDonald's restaurant Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014, in Philadelphia. The protest movement, which is backed financially by the Service Employees International Union and others, has gained national attention at a time when the wage gap between the poor and the rich has become a hot political issue. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) ( Fast Food Protests )
Protestors demonstrate to push fast-food chains to pay their employees at least $15 an hour, outside a McDonald's restaurant Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014, in Philadelphia. The protest movement, which is backed financially by the Service Employees International Union and others, has gained national attention at a time when the wage gap between the poor and the rich has become a hot political issue. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) ( Fast Food Protests )
Carlton Warren, right, an employee of Jack in the Box, leads members of the Fight for Fifteen coalition demanding $15 hourly wage march in front of a Jack in the Box restaurant at 5600 Gulfton Street Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014, in Houston, Texas. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Gary Coronado) ( Fast Food Protests Texas )
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