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Fast-food workers in 58 cities in the USA did not go to work on Thursday. They affordcurrentlydecisionsdeservedoubleenoughexpensiveexperiencehalfindependentjoblowmainlyminimumprofitssamesincespokestaffwent on strike because they want more money. The workers affordcurrentlydecisionsdeservedoubleenoughexpensiveexperiencehalfindependentjoblowmainlyminimumprofitssamesincespokestaffwent get paid the affordcurrentlydecisionsdeservedoubleenoughexpensiveexperiencehalfindependentjoblowmainlyminimumprofitssamesincespokestaffwent wage. This was set at $7.25 in 2009 and has not changed affordcurrentlydecisionsdeservedoubleenoughexpensiveexperiencehalfindependentjoblowmainlyminimumprofitssamesincespokestaffwent then. Many workers say they cannot affordcurrentlydecisionsdeservedoubleenoughexpensiveexperiencehalfindependentjoblowmainlyminimumprofitssamesincespokestaffwent to live on that. The price of everything has gone up but their wages have stayed the affordcurrentlydecisionsdeservedoubleenoughexpensiveexperiencehalfindependentjoblowmainlyminimumprofitssamesincespokestaffwent for five years. The workers want $15 an hour, which is affordcurrentlydecisionsdeservedoubleenoughexpensiveexperiencehalfindependentjoblowmainlyminimumprofitssamesincespokestaffwent their current rate. Julio Wilson, a cashier at a pizza restaurant, told the BBC he earns $9 an hour. He said that wasn't affordcurrentlydecisionsdeservedoubleenoughexpensiveexperiencehalfindependentjoblowmainlyminimumprofitssamesincespokestaffwent to support himself and his five-year-old daughter. He said: "I know I'm risking my affordcurrentlydecisionsdeservedoubleenoughexpensiveexperiencehalfindependentjoblowmainlyminimumprofitssamesincespokestaffwent, but it's my right to fight for what I affordcurrentlydecisionsdeservedoubleenoughexpensiveexperiencehalfindependentjoblowmainlyminimumprofitssamesincespokestaffwent."

McDonald's and Burger King both affordcurrentlydecisionsdeservedoubleenoughexpensiveexperiencehalfindependentjoblowmainlyminimumprofitssamesincespokestaffwent about the strike. They said they did not make affordcurrentlydecisionsdeservedoubleenoughexpensiveexperiencehalfindependentjoblowmainlyminimumprofitssamesincespokestaffwent about how much to pay workers in most of their restaurants. They said each restaurant is an affordcurrentlydecisionsdeservedoubleenoughexpensiveexperiencehalfindependentjoblowmainlyminimumprofitssamesincespokestaffwent franchise and the manager decides how much to pay the affordcurrentlydecisionsdeservedoubleenoughexpensiveexperiencehalfindependentjoblowmainlyminimumprofitssamesincespokestaffwent. McDonald’s affordcurrentlydecisionsdeservedoubleenoughexpensiveexperiencehalfindependentjoblowmainlyminimumprofitssamesincespokestaffwent were over $5.5 billion in 2011. The burger giants did say that an increase in wages would mean more affordcurrentlydecisionsdeservedoubleenoughexpensiveexperiencehalfindependentjoblowmainlyminimumprofitssamesincespokestaffwent burgers. America's National Restaurant Association said the wages were affordcurrentlydecisionsdeservedoubleenoughexpensiveexperiencehalfindependentjoblowmainlyminimumprofitssamesincespokestaffwent because the staff are young and have little work affordcurrentlydecisionsdeservedoubleenoughexpensiveexperiencehalfindependentjoblowmainlyminimumprofitssamesincespokestaffwent. It said: "Only five per cent of restaurant employees earn the minimum wage and those that do are [ affordcurrentlydecisionsdeservedoubleenoughexpensiveexperiencehalfindependentjoblowmainlyminimumprofitssamesincespokestaffwent] working part-time and affordcurrentlydecisionsdeservedoubleenoughexpensiveexperiencehalfindependentjoblowmainlyminimumprofitssamesincespokestaffwent are teenagers."