Minimum wage protests in St

On Tuesday, the groups called for incrementally raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour over the next several years, saying the move would improve economic conditions for 1 million mostly low-skilled workers.

More than 150 people have been arrested at Fight for $15 protests, mostly in Detroit, Los Angeles and Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The rally included students, fast food workers and home care employees.

The Tuesday afternoon protest involved a rally near the airport and people walking around the baggage claim area.

Last year Trump said US worker wages were “too high” and made the USA uncompetitive, while this year, he has said the minimum wage should rise, with states taking the lead.

Workers also protested briefly just after 6 a.m. outside of a Flint McDonald’s, before police converged and broke things up.

Opponents of a higher federal minimum wage, and specifically an hourly wage as high as $15, say the financial impact on businesses will actually hurt the lowest paid workers in the end.

Business groups are skeptical of further hikes in the minimum wage, arguing it would add new financial burdens for many employers and perhaps lead to job cuts.

Remember that when workers hit the streets demanding $15 an hour, the high-end goal Democrats were embracing was $10.10 an hour.

Protests also were held Tuesday in several other cities around the USA, and arrests were reported in NY and Detroit. But there has been no sign that police will need it, with no arrests during what has been a peaceful protest.

The movement declared Tuesday a “day of disruption” across the country. Some states have passed higher minimums; Missouri’s rises to $7.70 an hour in January.

Fast-food worker Alvin Major, 51, of Brooklyn, said he supports four children and a wife recovering from cancer.

In Durham Tuesday morning, CBS North Carolina spoke to a daycare worker from High Point.

“Let me tell you something, when I first started here I was making $2.13 an hour but they weren’t charging for bags, there were no kiosk machines so people were more forthcoming”.

But now they’ve been joined by supporters young and old, and there were various local rabbis and priests willing to go to jail to fight for what they think is right.