NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Organizers say it’s the biggest-ever mobilization of workers in the United States. Airport workers, Wal-Mart employees and others have said they’ll join in protests across the country today calling for $15-an-hour pay for fast-food workers and other low-wage workers.<\/p>\n
In Jackson, Mississippi, this morning, around 30 people demonstrated in a McDonald’s before being kicked out; organizers said about half of them were McDonald’s workers. One of the lead demonstrators was arrested for trespassing and police said the store manager said he plans to press charges.<\/p>\n
Earlier in the morning, protesters rallied outside a McDonald’s in New York City.<\/p>\n
Organizers say protests for higher pay and unions for low-wage workers are planned for more than 230 U.S. cities and college campuses, as well as dozens of cities overseas.<\/p>\n
An organizer says McDonald’s remains a focus of the protests. He says the company’s recently-announced pay increase shows that “the workers are winning.” McDonald’s earlier this month said it would raise its starting salary to $1 above the local minimum wage. But that only applies to company-owned stores — which account for about 10 percent of McDonald’s locations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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