Fast food workers strike

Newsroom Staff November 10, 2015

Last Updated: November 10, 2015

(NBC News) In cities across the country Tuesday fast food workers took to the streets, lobbying for an increase in the minimum wage.

The nationwide protests come less than a year before the 2016 presidential election, and the fast food workers are trying to flex their political muscles.

Protest organizers estimate 64-million U.S. workers make less than $15 dollars an hour.

The federal minimum wage is now $7.25 an hour, though some cities and states have enacted higher minimums.