A protester is removed by police from blocking traffic near a McDonald's restaurant on Mack Avenue in Detroit, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Protesters block traffic on Mack Avenue in Detroit as part of a national protest to push fast-food chains to pay their employees at least $15 an hour, Sept. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Police handcuff protesters blocking traffic in Detroit as part of a national protest to push fast-food chains to pay their employees at least $15 an hour, Sept. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Protesters picket in front of a McDonald's restaurant on 42nd Street in New York's Times Square as police officers move in to begin making arrests, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Police handcuff protesters blocking traffic in Detroit as part of a national protest to push fast-food chains to pay their employees at least $15 an hour, Sept. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Carmalita Johnson drums as protesters participate in a rally outside a McDonald’s on Chicago's south side, Sept. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
Protesters march on a McDonald's restaurant in Detroit as part of a national protest to push fast-food chains to pay their employees at least $15 an hour, Sept. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Fast-food workers protests
Police handcuffed several protesters in New York and Detroit on Thursday as they blocked traffic in the latest attempt to escalate their efforts to get McDonald’s, Burger King and other fast-food companies to pay their employees at least $15 an hour.
The protests, which are planned by labor organizers for about 150 cities nationwide throughout Thursday, are part of the “Fight for $15” campaign. Since the protests began in late 2012, organizers have switched up their tactics every few months. (AP)
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