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Kansas City fast-food workers plan to strike Tuesday

Amber Whitelow, an employee at McDonald’s at 64th and Troost in Kansas City, took part earlier this year in a protest calling for a union and a higher minimum wage for fast-food workers.
Amber Whitelow, an employee at McDonald’s at 64th and Troost in Kansas City, took part earlier this year in a protest calling for a union and a higher minimum wage for fast-food workers. David Eulitt The Kansas City Star

Fast-food cooks and cashiers are planning a strike Tuesday in Kansas City and about 270 other U.S. cities.

The walkouts are part of the ongoing national labor movement for $15 an hour and a union.

Area child care workers, also part of the low-paid workforce, are expected to join fast-food workers in a march to Barney Allis Plaza for a 5 p.m. rally and to City Hall for a 5:30 p.m. rally.

Diane Stafford, stafford@kcstar.com

This story was originally published November 5, 2015 at 4:18 PM with the headline "Kansas City fast-food workers plan to strike Tuesday."

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