USA: Workers Demand $15 an Hour Minimum Wage

Hundreds of workers gathered outside the national Capitol in Washington DC on Tuesday to announce the presentation of a bill to Congress demanding $15 an hour. Accompanied by Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Keith Ellison, they insisted that the current minimum wage of $7.25 an hour is a starvation wage that must be raised to a living wage. $15 is a mere trifle compared to the $9,000 an hour raked in by the McDonald’s CEO, while many workers must work at two or three jobs just to survive on the current wage, they say. Bianca Perez reports from Washington DC for teleSUR