01:50USA: Chicago airport workers march for $15 minimum wage
Hundreds of airport workers marched in solidarity with other minimum-wage workers through the Chicago O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Tuesday, to mark the fourth anniversary of the 'Fight for $15' movement which has been calling for an increase of the minimum wage to $15 (€14) per hour.
Thousands of fast-food workers, airport workers, drivers and messengers among other minimum-wage employees took to the streets across the country carrying placards reading "We won't stop" and "Strike for $15 and our families." In New York at least 30 protesters who were sitting in the middle of Broadway as part of a civil disobedience action were detained for disorderly conduct, with some 40 demonstrators arrested in Los Angeles.
The 'Fight for $15' movement was organised in 2012, when fast-food workers from New York began protesting against low salaries and sub-standard working conditions.
01:50Hundreds of airport workers marched in solidarity with other minimum-wage workers through the Chicago O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Tuesday, to mark the fourth anniversary of the 'Fight for $15' movement which has been calling for an increase of the minimum wage to $15 (€14) per hour.
Thousands of fast-food workers, airport workers, drivers and messengers among other minimum-wage employees took to the streets across the country carrying placards reading "We won't stop" and "Strike for $15 and our families." In New York at least 30 protesters who were sitting in the middle of Broadway as part of a civil disobedience action were detained for disorderly conduct, with some 40 demonstrators arrested in Los Angeles.
The 'Fight for $15' movement was organised in 2012, when fast-food workers from New York began protesting against low salaries and sub-standard working conditions.