It seems that a decision by McDonald's to put down pay protests by raising wages of workers at its 1,500 company-operated restaurants won't suffice. The decision was taken by the company as a national day of action over low wages in the US approaches. Employees at 12,500 franchisee-operated restaurants got angry for being neglected in the plan.

It is expected that many of those workers will take part in the protest scheduled for 15 April in over 200 cities in the US. And the workers will be joined by Walmart employees, home childcare workers, home-care aides and adjunct professors. According to organizers, it will be the largest protest by low-wage workers in the history of America.

Many workers have joined the strikes organized by the protest group Fight for $15. It was announced by McDonald's that it would increase its average pay to $9.90, 89 cents over the current average of $9.01, for 90,000 workers at its company-owned restaurants.

The company will be paying at least $1 more than the local minimum wage to all employees at its company-operated restaurants, under the plan announced by president and chief executive Steve Easterbrook. The minimum wage is at $7.25 an hour all over the country.