Welcome to the Reader’s morning briefing for Tuesday, May 31, 2016. Welcome back to the work week after Memorial Day weekend.
Minimum wage protesters head to McDonald’s headquarters during annual meeting
Protesters gathered outside McDonald’s corporate headquarters in Oak Brook to demand a minimum wage increase to $15 an hour Thursday. Demonstrating during the restaurant giant’s annual shareholders meeting, the Service Employees International Union-funded protesters are not only asking for higher wages, but to be allowed to unionize. [Bloomberg]
