{"id":64215,"date":"2017-06-05T00:52:25","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T05:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=64215"},"modified":"2017-07-24T11:03:48","modified_gmt":"2017-07-24T16:03:48","slug":"chicago-fast-food-workers-continue-call-for-a-15-minimum-wage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/chicago-fast-food-workers-continue-call-for-a-15-minimum-wage\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago fast-food workers continue call for a $15 minimum wage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Wenjing Yang<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">Deshawn Bell, 35, is a fast food worker in Chicago. He has been working at a McDonald\u2019s restaurant for the past ten years and struggles to make ends meet. He joined a march on May 23rd in downtown Chicago that drew 1,500 demonstrators from across the nation to call for a $15 minimum wage. The march was organized by the union-backed advocacy group \u2018Fight for $15\u2019 and was timed to send a message the day before the McDonald\u2019s annual stockholder meeting.<\/p>\n<p>McDonald\u2019s Corp. had revenue of $24.62 billion in 2016. Every year, the company and its franchisees employ hundreds of thousands of people, but has long been a target of complaints about the wages it pays those workers.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Chicago fast food worker fights for a $15 minimum wage\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/226660762?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Oak Brook, Ill.-based fast food giant increased its hourly wages to $1 above local minimum wage at corporate-owned restaurants in 2015.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Illinois legislature approved a bill in late May to increase the minimum wage to $15 over five years. The bill was then sent to Governor Bruce Rauner who has been critical of the bill&#8217;s potential negative impact on business.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: About 1,500 people holding signs and banners demonstrated downtown Chicago on May 23rd, calling for an increase in the minimum wage. (Xiaosheng Yin)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Wenjing Yang Deshawn Bell, 35, is a fast food worker in Chicago. He has been working at a McDonald\u2019s restaurant for the past ten years and struggles to make ends meet. 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