Fast Food Workers Strike In Boston, Demanding $15 An Hour
BOSTON (AP) — Dozens of fast-food workers have walked out of their jobs in Massachusetts to participate in a nationwide demand for higher wages.
WBZ NewsRadio 1030's Carl Stevens reports
Fast Food Workers Strike
About 150 workers and supporters chanted slogans, held up signs while protesting in front of fast-food restaurants in Boston on Thursday to demand $15 an hour.
That's nearly double the state minimum wage of $8 and is more than double the federal minimum of $7.25.
One protester, 45-year-old Kyle King, has worked as a cashier at Burger King in Boston for the past nine years.
He says the $8.15 he earns is barely enough to pay for his bus fare to and from work, together with food for maybe a couple of days.
He says he's been coping by cutting back over the past three years and paying only part of his bills.
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