In test for unions and politicians, a nationwide protest on pay

When tens of thousands of low-wage protestors took to the streets in more than 200 U.S. cities on Wednesday, it became apparent that the controversy over income inequality isn't quieting down, it's getting louder.
 
The New York Times reports Wednesday's protests are the largest so far in labor's two-and-a-half-year push to get the national minimum wage raised to $15 an hour. Businesses object to raising the minimum wage above the current $7.25 an hour, despite broad public support of the higher minimum, the report states.
 
The increase in public support for corporations to loosen their payroll belts is seen as a challenge for politicians gearing up for the 2016 races, who must balance a public growing increasingly frustrated with income inequality and business groups who resist raising wages with the claims higher wages would have a negative effect on their bottom lines.

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