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title: "Bernie Sanders Calls on McDonald’s to Raise Minimum Wage to $15"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/93c68ca3-50a7-482d-9376-ae846c804a23
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/bernie-sanders-calls-on-mcdonalds-to-raise-minimum-wage-to-15-2708081
category: "Burger"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Burger"
topics: ["Finance & M&A","Regulation & legal"]
published: 2018-10-04T22:17:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:08:47.058Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/69833956cd87c149bf9f43b5461559443271.jpg
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# Bernie Sanders Calls on McDonald’s to Raise Minimum Wage to $15

**TL;DR:** Sen. Bernie Sanders called on McDonald's to raise its minimum wage to $15 per hour, citing the company's $5.1 billion profit in 2017. Sanders mentioned that Amazon, Whole Foods, and Disney have already raised their minimum wage to $15.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-10-04. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/bernie-sanders-calls-on-mcdonalds-to-raise-minimum-wage-to-15-2708081).*

## Story

In a tweet posted on Thursday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) called upon McDonald’s to raise the minimum wage for its workforce to $15 per hour. In a letter addressed to CEO Steve Easterbrook, Sanders mentioned the recent decisions by Amazon, Whole Foods and the Walt Disney Corp. to raise their minimum wage to $15, citing the company’s $5.1 billion profit in 2017 as evidence of McDonald’s ability to follow suit.

In the letter, Sanders said, “If McDonald’s raised the minimum wage to $15 an hour and respected the constitutional rights of your workers to form a union, it would set an example for the entire fast food industry to follow.”

In response to Sanders’ comments, a McDonald’s spokesperson told CNBC, “Our commitment to the communities we serve includes providing opportunities for restaurant employees to succeed at McDonald’s and beyond with world-class training and education programs to help them build the skills needed for today’s workforce.”

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- McDonald's (company)
- Amazon (company)
- minimum wage (topic)
- Whole Foods (company)
- fast food industry (topic)
- Walt Disney (company)
- labor rights (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/bernie-sanders-calls-on-mcdonalds-to-raise-minimum-wage-to-15-2708081). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/93c68ca3-50a7-482d-9376-ae846c804a23).