Dec
6
5:00 PM
#FastFoodStrikes: Low wages mean tough choices
Thursday, thousands of fast-food workers in about 100 U.S. cities went on strike over low wages, many of them calling for the federal minimum wage to be raised to $15 per hour. I caught up with three fast-food employees who participated in a protest in New York City's Foley Square.
Bairon Solorzano
Age: 27
Employer: Domino's Pizza
Wage: $5.65/hour plus tips
“Many of us have families here, kids that sometimes we don’t even get to see because we have to work the whole day: One job, second job, you get home late in the night, your kids are already sleeping. It’s really sad."
Bairon Solorzano
Domino's Pizza employee
Elvis Guerrero
Age: 32
Employer: Burger King
Wage: $7.25/hour
“Everything that I make either has to go with paying off a bill or getting me something to eat. I have to make a choice between one of the two and sometimes I could go on for ... maybe a day or so without food.”
Elvis Guerrero
Burger King employee
Naquasia LeGrand
Age: 22
Employer: KFC
Wage: $7.70/hour
"I make $7.70 right now with only 15 hours a week. So it’s kind of tough to get by. I have to decide whether I want to get a MetroCard today or eat today.”
Naquasia LeGrand
KFC employee
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