Fast food workers in the south will be protesting low wages and joining the fight for more money since the battle began in November according to CNN Money.
Latoya Jemes, 24 who works at a McDonald's in Memphis, Tenn., told CNN Money she will be participating in the event. Jemes makes $7.45 an hour, and has to work overnights because she can't afford childcare during the day. Her mother watches her children during the night.
"I'm a single parent of three, and I'm living check to check," Jemes said. "I only have enough to pay my rent, and I might be able to squeeze out the things that my kids need, but I'm not making enough."
Workers will come together in cities throughout the United States CNN Money reported. These include six cities in the south like Memphis, Raleigh, N.C., and Tampa, Fla. Protesters will be requesting they be paid a minimum of $15 an hour and the right to convene without any retaliation CNN Money reported.
The average pay for fast food workers across the United States is a little more than $9 an hour which amounts to $18,500 a year CNN Money reported. According to CNN Money, the number is less than the Census Bureau's poverty income threshold level of $23,000 for a family with four people.
Dorian Warren, an associate professor of political science at Columbia University told CNN Money the event is a prominent one is history because massive strikes don't usually occur.
"There are higher barriers to collective action, because most states are 'right to work' states, which makes it hard to form unions," he said. "The fact that workers are going to strike is a sign of a significant turning point in the movement. It's really gone national."
The protest reached the national level last month according to CNN Money.
