McDonald’s Worker Protesting Shareholder Meeting: ‘$15 Is a Need, Not a Want’

Protesters deliver petition of demands to McDonald's (Chicago Tribune)

After marching to McDonald's Oak Brook campus Thursday morning, 10 protesters from a crowd of more than 1,000 were allowed on McDonald's property to deliver a petition with more than 1 million signatures calling for $15-per-hour wages for the company's front-line workers.

"We want a fair share," workers chanted.

The latest union-backed protest came the morning of McDonald's annual meeting with shareholders, which started at 9 a.m. and was largely peaceful. Shareholders peppered executives with questions about issues including what they call predatory marketing tactics, such as having Ronald McDonald appear at school functions.