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Fast-food workers in the USA did not go to work on Thursday. They went on for more money. The workers get paid the wage of $7.25. This has not changed 2009. The workers cannot live on that. The price of has gone up but their wages have stayed the for five years. The workers want $15 an . This is their current rate. Julio Wilson works at a pizza restaurant. He told the BBC he earns $9 an hour. It isn't for himself and his five-year-old daughter. He said: "I know I'm my job, but it's my to fight for what I deserve."

McDonald's and Burger King spoke about the strike. Both said wages would mean more burgers. They said they did not make about workers' pay in most of their restaurants. The restaurants are franchises, so the manager decides about wages. McDonald’s were over $5.5 billion in 2011. The National Restaurant Association say wages are because the are young and have little work . It says only five per cent of workers get the minimum and most of those are part-timers. It adds that are teenagers.

 
 

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