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Opelika’s fast-food workers will join workers in more than 150 cities and 33 countries Thursday to demand $15 an hour and the right to form a union without retaliation.

The strike will mark the first time fast-food workers in Opelika will walk off their jobs, according to a release from Low Pay is Not Okay, a national campaign started in New York City in 2012.

The release also stated workers are expected to strike at Opelika’s major fast-food restaurants, including McDonald’s and Burger King.

Eddie Foreman, a worker at McDonald’s in Tiger Town, helped organize the strike. Foreman said fast-food workers’ hourly wage—$7.25—is not enough to live on.

“We’re not allowed to work 40 hours. …We can’t get overtime,” he said. “There are no benefits.”

The father of four added it is difficult for him to feed his family on his McDonald’s wage, and said he relies on food stamps to help him take care of his kids.

“Everyone assumes it’s only kids working there. …Grown people have responsibilities,” Foreman said. “You have to pay your bills or feed your kids. That’s what it boils down to.”