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Low-Wage Workers Strike in Chicago

HeadlineApr 24, 2013

Hundreds of low-wage workers are expected to walk off the job today at more than a dozen fast food and retail stores in Chicago. The strike is being coordinated by the group Fight for 15, an effort to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. More than 400 workers took part in a similar one-day strike in New York City earlier this month.

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