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| https://sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/news/?id=BA0630BB-46FC-4050-9A59-04C021829313 | Fast-Food Workers Protest | 2013-08-29 | 2013 | 2013-08 | Independent | House | VT | Bernard Sanders | S000033 | sanders.senate.gov | legacy | Fast-Food Workers Protest Thursday, August 29, 2013 There were nationwide protests on Thursday in more than 50 cities by low-paid workers at fast-food restaurants like McDonald’s. Many of the protesters are paid only the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour. That amounts to about $15,000 a year for full-time employees, but many of the restaurant workers hold only part-time jobs. Sen. Bernie Sanders is a cosponsor of legislation to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, about what it would be if the minimum wage had kept up with inflation over the past 50 years. The minimum wage has been $7.25 since 2009. After one-day strikes were staged earlier this summer, Sanders praised the workers “who are standing up for justice, who are putting a spotlight on one of the major economic crises facing this country.” While fast-food chains pay what Sanders called “starvation wages,” he noted that the top executives for the same firms are paid millions of dollars a year. Watch Sanders' speech » Read more about the minimum wage » | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |