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NEW ORLEANS (WGNO)–Local fast-food workers will protest for higher wages in front of the McDonald’s at 2856 S. Claiborne Avenue at 11 a.m. Thursday.
The chain announced a new plan to pay employees at corporate-owned restaurants $1 more than state minimum beginning this summer. But, just ten percent of McDonald’s nationwide are corporate-owned. The rest, operated by franchisees, will not be covered under the new plan.
Local workers dismissed McDonald’s announcement as a publicity stunt. They are demanding the company raise wages to $15 an hour for all workers and respect their right to form a union.
