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Fast food workers rally in 230 cities

Fast food workers are holding rallies in 230 cities Wednesday in their biggest protest yet for higher pay and union rights.

By Craig Giammona, Leslie Patton | Updated on April 15, 2015
(AP Photo/David Goldman)

(Bloomberg) — Fast food workers are holding rallies in 230 cities Wednesday in their biggest protest yet for higher pay and union rights.

The events were organized by the union-backed Fight for $15 campaign, which is demanding that McDonald’s Corp. and other fast-food chains raise their minimum wages to $15 and let workers unionize. The protests are the largest action to date for a movement begun in November 2012, organizers said.

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