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What It's Like To Raise 2 Kids Making $600 A Month At McDonald's

Hayley PetersonNov 20, 2014, 00:53 IST

Delores Leonard is raising two daughters on less than $600 in monthly income.

The 28-year-old mother has been working at a McDonald's restaurant in Chicago for seven years.

But she has never made more than $8.25 an hour, which is the minimum wage in Chicago.

She's one of thousands of fast food employees who have taken part in a recent wave of protests for better pay and working conditions.

Most fast food workers make less than $8 an hour, according to the Service Employees International Union.