Hundreds of the company’s Michigan-based employees are preparing to strike in response to its handling of gender-based discrimination allegations.

The women and teenagers say they were afraid to speak out for fear of being fired.

“He could’ve been waving his keys [or] his phone,” says the aunt of Map Kong, a Minneapolis man shot by police in nearby Burnsville last week. 

The fast food chain will also pay back wages to employees who were negatively impacted by the discriminatory policy.

Seven low-wage workers tell video storyteller Kat Lazo why they made the time and braved the chilly New York City rain to join the Fight for $15’s mammoth national day of action.