It's time for NY to raise fast-food worker wages to $15 an hour!

UPDATE: On September 10, Gov. Cuomo announced that the State Department of Labor had approved the Wage Board's recommendation to raise the minimum wage to $15 for fast-food workers. This is a victory for workers in New York and beyond fighting for a living wage.

Fast-food companies make billions in profit annually, while the cooks and cashiers — mostly adults, many with children — are struggling to pay rent and support their families. Many make so little they are forced to seek public assistance at taxpayer expense just to make ends meet. It's not right and it must stop.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo launched a special wage board with the power to raise wages for the 180,000 fast-food workers in the state, but it's possible they won't raise wages where they need to be — $15 an hour! L.A. just passed $15 an hour, and it's time for $15 in New York state and across America.

We've got a massive opportunity to make history, but time is short — we need to deliver this petition to the wage board by June 22, before they make their decision. Let's send them a clear message: It's time to end taxpayer giveaways to megacorporations like McDonald's who can afford to pay fair wages. It's time for $15 an hour for fast-food workers.

Sign the petition and call on the New York Wage Board to raise fast-food wages in New York state to $15 today so fast-food workers can pay their rent and feed their families.