SANFORD, Fla. — A group rallied outside of a McDonald’s in Sanford on Wednesday demanding $15 an hour.
The state’s minimum wage is currently $8.65.
A lot of places, like The Townhouse in Oviedo, are paying well above that rate and it has stilil been hard to fill those positions.
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McDonald’s restaurants across the U.S. are asking for $15 an hour.
The strikers stood in front of the Sanford McDonald’s, which is paying $11 an hour for workers and $13 an hour for managers. That’s higher than Florida’s minimum wage.
Eventually, the minimum wage will increase here to $15 an hour. This September, it will go up to $10 an hour, then increase a dollar every year until 2026.
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