Las Vegas fast-food workers to rally for higher wages

By Megan Messerly

Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015 | 9:49 a.m.

Local fast-food workers will join a nationwide movement Tuesday in support of a $15 minimum wage and to focus attention on the issue in the 2016 presidential race.

A rally, part of the Fight for $15 movement, will begin at 6 a.m. in front of the McDonald’s across from the Mirage on the Strip, according to the local advocacy organization Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada.

Later in the day, fast-food workers, home care and child care workers will march to Las Vegas City Hall for a 4 p.m. rally. Workers in Reno are expected to rally in solidarity at Reno City Hall.

Workers in 270 cities are expected to participate.

Nevada’s minimum wage is $8.25 an hour for employees who aren’t offered employer-sponsored health insurance and $7.25 an hour for those who are.

The last time Nevada raised its minimum wage was in 2010, to automatically adjust for changes in the cost of living.

The last legislative session saw multiple efforts to change the state’s minimum wage, including one proposal that would have raised the state minimum wage to $15 an hour for workers who are offered health insurance by their employers and $16 an hour for those who aren’t.