Denver Fast Food Workers Protest For $15 Wage
DENVER (AP/CBS4) — Organizers say about 400 people participated in Colorado's latest demonstrations in favor of higher wages for fast food workers.
Workers from several chains and their supporters demonstrated outside two Denver McDonald's on Thursday in support of a national effort to win $15 an hour wages. Some carried signs saying they were on strike.
"Hold your burger, hold your fries, make our wages super sized!" chanted the protesters.
The demonstrations come three months after another round of protests in Denver that led to the arrests of three people who sat down in the middle of Colfax Avenue outside a McDonald's near the state Capitol.
"So what if it's fast food we still work very hard to give you food that you guys want," said striking worker Andrew Olson. "I think it's a good incentive to encourage good work ethic and encourage the higher quality of our stores."
In Colorado the minimum wage is $8 an hour.
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