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Protesters walk down Jorie Blvd. in Oak Brook, Wednesday, May 21, 2014 near the McDonald’s Corp. headquarters in Oak Brook, Ill. railing about low wages and seeking $15 per hour for the rank and file. The Workers Organizing Committee of Chicago’s Fight for 15 said in a statement that restaurant workers have held strikes and protests six times in the last 1 1/2 years challenging the company’s median wage of $8.94. The Wednesday protest is a preview of what the group said it plans for Thursday’s annual stockholder’s meeting. The company closed one of its five buildings in anticipation of the protests.(AP Photo / Daily Herald, Bev Horne)
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** FILE ** U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to U.S. Embassy employees in Mexico City, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, Pool)
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In this photo taken May 20, 2014, people fill the Fort Wayne city council meeting during dueling presentations over three proposals affecting collective bargaining for city employees at Citizens Square in Fort Wayne, Ind. There wasn't standing room left and the overflow rooms were also full. (AP Photo/The Journal-Gazette, Cathie Rowand) NEWS-SENTINEL OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT; NO SALES; MAGS OUT.
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In this photo taken May 20, 2014, people fill the Fort Wayne city council meeting during dueling presentations over three proposals affecting collective bargaining for city employees at Citizens Square in Fort Wayne, Ind. There wasn't standing room left and the overflow rooms were also full. (AP Photo/The Journal-Gazette, Cathie Rowand) NEWS-SENTINEL OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT; NO SALES; MAGS OUT.
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Oak Brook Police Commander Jeff Weber gives protesters a warning of arrest if they walk on the McDonald's property. Hundreds of protesters flooded the streets near the McDonald’s Corp. headquarters in Oak Brook, Ill. Wednesday, May 21, 2014, railing about low wages and seeking $15 per hour for the rank and file. The Workers Organizing Committee of Chicago’s Fight for 15 said in a statement that restaurant workers have held strikes and protests six times in the last 1 1/2 years challenging the company’s median wage of $8.94. The Wednesday protest is a preview of what the group said it plans for Thursday’s annual stockholder’s meeting. The company closed one of its five buildings in anticipation of the protests.(AP Photo / Daily Herald, Bev Horne)
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Hundreds of protesters flooded the streets near the McDonald’s Corp. headquarters in Oak Brook, Ill. Wednesday, May 21, 2014, railing about low wages and seeking $15 per hour for the rank and file. The Workers Organizing Committee of Chicago’s Fight for 15 said in a statement that restaurant workers have held strikes and protests six times in the last 1 1/2 years challenging the company’s median wage of $8.94. The Wednesday protest is a preview of what the group said it plans for Thursday’s annual stockholder’s meeting. The company closed one of its five buildings in anticipation of the protests. (AP Photo / Daily Herald, Bev Horne)
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Hundreds of protesters Wednesday, May 21, 2014 flooded the streets near the McDonald’s Corp. headquarters in Oak Brook, Ill. railing about low wages and seeking $15 per hour for the rank and file. The Workers Organizing Committee of Chicago’s Fight for 15 said in a statement that restaurant workers have held strikes and protests six times in the last 1 1/2 years challenging the company’s median wage of $8.94. The Wednesday protest is a preview of what the group said it plans for Thursday’s annual stockholder’s meeting. The company closed one of its five buildings in anticipation of the protests. (AP Photo / Daily Herald, Bev Horne)
