Fast-Food Strikes Put Spotlight on Minimum Wage Debate
![Texas fast-food workers are planning to join a nationwide strike on Thursday to call for $15-an-hour wages. Recently, there have been similar strikes in cities across the country. This one was in Milwaukee.](https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/eyl4KYEFMEgpvU0dQlK3jyxhzc8=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/08/27/FastFoodWorkers-Striking.jpg)
Fast-food workers walked off the job in several Texas cities on Thursday as part of a national strike calling for higher wages. But proposals to raise the minimum wage face uncertain odds in Washington and even longer odds in Texas.
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