Minimum wage protests

Fast food workers including, from left, Melinda Topel, Amanda Wenninghoff, Priscilla Nelson, Kat Lickteig, Terrell Bullock and others protested higher wages and the right to form a union during a rally outside of McDonald's at 14th Street and Prospect Ave., in Kansas City on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. The protest resulted in the arrest of 52 protesters who blocked the streets, including the off ramp from eastbound Interstate 70 at Prospect Ave. (Tammy Ljungblad/Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)