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Chicago minimum wage went up to $15 per hour on July 1, 2021. Organizers of the Fight for $15 movement held protests in major cities across the U.S. on April 15, 2015.
Minimum wage protests
Michael Tercha, Chicago Tribune
Tyree Johnson chants with protesters as they march in the drive-through lane outside the McDonald’s restaurant at 8321 S. Ashland Ave., as a nationwide day of protests organized by the SEIU-backed Fight for $15 movement begins April 15, 2015. 
