Metro Detroit fast food workers protest, walk out in push for higher wages

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(Detroit Free Press) Fast food workers in metro Detroit are protesting and walking out of area restaurants today in an effort to increase the minimum wage.

Pointing out the average full-time fast food worker earns $15,392 annually on an estimated $200 billion in annual industry earnings, workers say they don’t make enough to support their family.

The protests are taking place this week in seven states, and are affecting 89 sites in metro Detroit and Flint, according to D15, a group organized to protest on behalf of 50,000 fast-food workers in metro Detroit.

Workers would like to see the minimum wage raised to $15 per hour, today said civil rights activist and Detroit 15 liaison Pastor W. J. Rideout II, after protesting this morning outside the McDonald’s at 9 Mile and Van Dyke in Warren. ......................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.freep.com/article/20130731/NEWS06/307310063/Michigan-fast-food-workers-continue-push-for-higher-wages

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