Not all younger workers are swayed by the sweet temptation of a $15 an hour minimum wage being pushed by several unions across the country.
Media Trackers hit the streets of Milwaukee this week to gauge reaction from college-aged residents on a protest demanding a dramatic hike in the minimum wage.
“I get minimum wage kind of sucks and everything, but at the same time, I saw a sign trying to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. You try doing something like that, and gas is going to be $10 a gallon, so it doesn’t really fix a whole lot,” one man said.
Another person thought the protesters were out to “stop the violence” occurring in Milwaukee.
When told the protesters actually wanted a $15 minimum wage, he objected.
“I feel like they should be putting it more towards the violence that’s happening in Milwaukee. That’s crazy. I’m kind of shocked,” he said.
“Wouldn’t that just inflate everything?” a man wondered.
“The price of everything will just go up with it,” he added.
Meanwhile, protesters ambushed several fast food businesses in Madison.
A Little Caesars pizza worker walked off her job to join the protest.
“I was being (brutalized), I was being called a black ni**er slave at Little Caesars. I’m tired. I got three kids, I think we need to go ahead and do this $15 an hour,” she said in video captured by the MacIver Institute.
“At first they were saying I couldn’t do it, but I was saying it’s my right. It’s my right to go out and protest, so they can’t hold me accountable.”
Another protester vowed, “$15 an hour is a beginning. And a union is a beginning. And we need to be sure that we keep pushing to get it higher.”
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