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Protesters picket for higher wages outside a McDonalds restaurant in Detroit Thursday, May 15, 2014. Calling for higher pay and the right to form a union without retaliation, fast-food chain workers protested Thursday as part of a wave of strikes and protests in 150 cities across the U.S. and 33 additional countries on six continents. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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Velma Conrelius protests for higher wages outside a McDonalds restaurant in Detroit Thursday, May 15, 2014. Calling for higher pay and the right to form a union without retaliation, fast-food chain workers protested Thursday as part of a wave of strikes and protests in 150 cities across the U.S. and 33 additional countries on six continents. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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National Edition News cover for May 16, 2014 - Shinseki vows to stay on job to fix VA health care: Veterans sitting in the audience watch as Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki responds to a question as he and Under Secretary for Health, Department of Veterans Affairs, Robert A. Petzel, testify during a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing titled "The State of VA Health Care" in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC., Tuesday, May 13, 20124. (Photo Rod Lamkey Jr.)
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Long John Silver's employee Antwon Brown, 31, uses a bullhorn while wearing a shirt advocating for higher wages during a protest outside a Long John Silver's restaurant, Thursday, May 15, 2014, in Atlanta. Calling for higher pay and the right to form a union without retaliation, fast-food chain workers in Atlanta protested Thursday as part of a wave of strikes and protests in 150 cities across the U.S. and 33 additional countries on six continents. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Fast food workers and supporters protest low wages outside a Krispy Kreme store, Thursday, May 15, 2014, in Atlanta. Calling for higher pay and the right to form a union without retaliation, fast-food chain workers in Atlanta protested Thursday as part of a wave of strikes and protests in 150 cities across the U.S. and 33 additional countries on six continents. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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A Krispy Kreme employee, center, tells demonstrators to leave after they entered the store chanting during a protest, Thursday, May 15, 2014, in Atlanta. Calling for higher pay and the right to form a union without retaliation, fast-food chain workers in Atlanta protested Thursday as part of a wave of strikes and protests in 150 cities across the U.S. and 33 additional countries on six continents. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Carmen Burley-Rawls, 20, center, protests outside a Krystal restaurant demanding higher wages and worker's unions, Thursday, May 15, 2014, in Atlanta. Calling for higher pay and the right to form a union without retaliation, fast-food chain workers protested Thursday as part of a wave of strikes and protests in 150 cities across the U.S. and 33 additional countries on six continents. (AP Photo/David Goldman)