JACKSON, Miss.- Local Fast food workers joined a movement on Tuesday to demand increased pay.
Jackson workers, along with people from 250 other cities joined together in the capitol city to show their support of a raise in wages. They are demanding a $15 an hour wage and right to unionize.
They gathered at two different McDonald’s restaurants in Jackson, reports WAPT.
They claim that 56 percent of Mississippi workers are being paid less than $15 an hour. The think this is wrong and want it to be raised, comparing wages from other states like Louisiana who pays their workers $10 instead of the normal minimum wage.
The Department of Employment security said that jobs who make less than that include probation officers, preschool and substitute teachers, and library techs.
