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N.Y. Fast-Food Workers Strike For Better Wages

By Margot Adler

November 30, 2012

Fast-food workers staged protests Thursday at restaurants in New York. The workers said their low wages need to be raised. But with the economy still slow, restaurant managers are determined to hold down labor costs so they can offer dollar foods.

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