Twin Cities Fast Food Workers Rally For Better Wages, Paid Sick Time

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Hundreds of people rallied Thursday to demand higher pay.

Fast food workers in Minneapolis and St. Paul walked off the job as part of a day of strikes.

They are demanding $15-an-hour minimum wage, the right to form a union and paid sick time.

Demonstrators are encouraged by recent minimum wage increases in California, New York and Pennsylvania.

After a rally in Minneapolis Thursday evening, protesters closed off Lake Street and the exit from Interstate 35W for about a half hour.