COLUMBUS, Ohio – A South Side McDonald’s will be the scene of one of dozens of demonstrations by fast-food workers across the U.S. seeking an increase in the minimum wage for fast-food workers.
Thursday is the day when some workers at McDonald’s, Wendy’s and other fast-food restaurants are planning to strike for a $15-an-hour minimum wage for workers and the right to form a union.
Community and labor groups and faith leaders in Columbus will stage their protest at the McDonald’s at 3554 S. High Street at noon, according to a release from the Service Employees International Union representing Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky.
One-day strikes will take place in 100 cities, with protests taking place in another 100 cities.
Officials with the National Restaurant Association claim that upping wages to $15 an hour would force restaurants to become more automated and hire fewer workers.
A widely-circulated Internet report which claimed that raising the minimum wage to $15 would add 68 cents to the price of a Big Mac has been discounted by analysts who say it was based on faulty data.