Walking Out For A $15 Wage

Adam Chandler, The Atlantic: Politics
Wed, 04/15/2015 - 2:06pm

The McDonald's franchise inside the Atlantic Terminal Mall in Brooklyn, New York, would make a pretty good place for a minimum wage protest. It shares a floor with a Subway, part of the fast-food ecosystem under assault by those calling for higher pay, and it sits two floors beneath one of the busiest Target outlets in the country.

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