Fast-food strikes and protests aim at 100 US cities

Fast food workers have announced plans to strike in more than 100 American cities on Thursday to demand higher wages. The action, which builds on efforts made more than a year ago to raise the national minimum hourly wage of $7.25, will see protesters demand a wage increase to $15 an hour. The one-day walk-off follows similar actions over the summer, and while organizers admit the single move ...