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Fast-food workers protest for higher wages in Los Angeles
Aug. 29, 2013
Fast-food protests that started in New York spread to Los Angeles and other cities across the nation Thursday as workers called for higher wages and the chance to unionize.
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Tilesha Rice, 36, has been working at a South Los Angeles Burger King for six months as a cashier.
Fast-food workers and their supporters rallied in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday as part of a wave of protests planned in 160 cities around the nation advocating for $15-an-hour pay.
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