KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - More than 200 low-wage workers took to the streets in Kansas City in pursuit of raises to $15 an hour as part of an expanding national movement known as Flight for 15.
The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/1FM4agE) reports the protesters started Wednesday with a 6:30 a.m. rally at an east-side McDonald's, then gathered three-deep in front of a non-profit on Main Street to call attention to sub-par wages for home health care workers.
The event was part of a national protest day to coincide with the April 15 deadline for filing income taxes. Organizers planned similar rallies in as many as 200 other U.S. cities.
The movement to unionize and raise wages to $15 an hour began in 2012 with a single protest by fast-food workers in New York City.
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