McDonald’s HQ hit by $15 an hour pay protest

McDonald’s protesters chanting “show me 15” descended yesterday on the fast-food giant’s headquarters to demand higher pay, the latest showdown in a four-year battle emboldened by minimum-wage victories in California and New York.

After camping out overnight outside McDonald’s offices in Oak Brook in Illinois, demonstrators gathered to picket the company’s annual shareholder meeting.

In all, as many as 10,000 fast-food, homecare, and childcare workers from across the US may be protesting, the labour-backed organisers say.