Fast - food and low wage workers in up to 150 U.S. states , and Canada , protest Thursday . Seattle 's mayor ##s plan to gradually lift the city 's minimum wage to $ 15 . Writers : Businesses with as many as 500 employees , for example , will have until 2019 to guarantee their workers $ 15 an hour in total compensation , and until 2021 to pay a full $ 15 in hourly wages . Corporations fight any increase , but many businesses agree with hike in wages . It has worked in other cities , they say ; wage will be raised and business will adjust .
Fast - food and low wage workers in up to 150 U.S. states , and Canada , protest Thursday . Seattle 's mayor ##s plan to gradually lift the city 's minimum wage to $ 15 . Writers : Corporations fight any increase , but many businesses agree with hike in wages . It has worked in other cities , they say ; wage will be raised and business will adjust .