Fast-food workers in Seattle walked out of their jobs Wednesday to demonstrate for higher wages. Stated on their Facebook page ?Good Jobs Seattle,? the workers demanded a wage of $15 from their employers. According to figures released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2012, the mean wage for fast-food cooks in Washington state was $10.22 an hour. Several chains affected by the protests had to close down briefly on Wednesday night and Thursday. Demonstrations in Seattle follow similar protests in New York, Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Louis.
See "Fast-food workers demonstrate for better pay", Erik Lacitis and Christine Clarridge, The Seattle Times, May 30, 2013