HOUSTON – Fast-food cooks and cashiers joined what is being called the largest-ever strike to hit America's fast-food industry.
Tuesday, a year from Election Day, walkouts were planned for Houston and 270 cities nationwide. Following the strike, fast-food, home care and child care workers throughout Houston will protest outside City Hall, joining workers in 500 cities nationwide to demand that elected leaders support a $15 per hour minimum wage and union rights.
The strike comes as Houston's low-wage workers say they'll take the fight and union rights to the ballots in 2016 to show candidates that the nearly 64 million Americans paid less than $15 per hour cannot be ignored. There are nearly 5.5 million workers in Texas paid less than $15 per hour, according to protest organizers, Outreach Strategists.
Tuesday morning, the strike was held at the McDonald's at 2017 Main Street. A protest will take place at 4 p.m. at City Hall located at 901 Bagby Street.