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Fast Food Strike in Rochester

Fast food workers around Rochester and in other cities walked off the job today, calling for a 15-dollar an hour minimum wage, and the right to join a union.

Manager at the Wendy's Restaurant on East Ridge Road in Irondequoit, Kim Ramos, says she and other workers want a raise, and protections on the job.

The Fight for 15 is the growing movement to make 15-dollars an hour the minimum wage.

Currently in New York it's 8-dollars and hour and is scheduled to go to 8.75 next year.    

Ramos says even as a manager, she makes less than 10 dollars an hour.

She says she and her co-workers are the ones who serve the customers and bring in the revenue for the industry.