Minimum wage workers are keeping the fight for $15 an hour pay rate for the Chicagoland area. Protestors around the area rallied that the city's minimum wage ordinance was simply not enough. The City Council approved a measure to gradually increase Chicago's minimum wage to $13 an hour by 2019. Majority of the protestors were fast food and healthcare workers trying to make a better living for their families. McDonalds and Burger King employees were in full effect as they marched in downtown Chicago roughly two weeks ago. My opinion on this topic is that the minimum wage pay rate was entirely to low and should be have been increased a long time ago. I believe the proposed argument for $15 an hour pay is to much money for minimum wage employees working in fast food establishments. Although, companies like Walmart and McDonalds are billion dollar corporations, paying their employees $15 hour will hurt the consumers heavily. Prices will be forced to increase and companies may have to down size to accommodate the newly pay rate increase. If the proposed plan did get passed through, it is important to know that 90% of the U.S. restaurants are independently owned and operated by franchisees who set wages according to a job level and local and federal laws. Low wage workers will continue to push for $15 an hour minimum wages.
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