Fast-food workers push for raise at NY Capitol

By David Klepper

Published June 17, 2014 9:21pm ET

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Fast-food workers push for raise at NY Capitol — People rally for an increase in the minimum wage on the Great Western Staircase at the Capitol on Tuesday, June 17, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. Several hundred fast-food workers and other low-wage employees from around New York gathered to pressure lawmakers to raise the minimum wage from $8 to $10.10 an hour and let local cities raise it even higher. (AP Photo/Mike Groll) | Mike Groll

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Hundreds of fast-wood workers and other low-wage employees from around New York descended on the state Capitol on Tuesday to pressure lawmakers to raise the state’s minimum wage from $8 to $10.10 an hour and let local cities raise it even higher.

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