Fast food workers across the country walked off the job Monday in their Fight for 15.Workers at the McDonald's on Tremont Street in Boston are some of hundreds who marched off the job. The move comes as new numbers put the spotlight on wage growth in Massachusetts.According to a new Labor Day report, Massachusetts has seen its labor force grow faster than any other state since 2007. But median household income has only grown .5 percent point each year since 1979. For the 1 percent of households with the highest incomes in the Bay State, it's jumped 4.3 percent yearly.The Labor Day march is part of a years-long push to raise the country's minimum wage to $15 an hour. Minimum wage in Massachusetts is now $11 per hour.

Fast food workers across the country walked off the job Monday in their Fight for 15.

Workers at the McDonald's on Tremont Street in Boston are some of hundreds who marched off the job.



The move comes as new numbers put the spotlight on wage growth in Massachusetts.


According to a new Labor Day report, Massachusetts has seen its labor force grow faster than any other state since 2007. But median household income has only grown .5 percent point each year since 1979.



For the 1 percent of households with the highest incomes in the Bay State, it's jumped 4.3 percent yearly.

The Labor Day march is part of a years-long push to raise the country's minimum wage to $15 an hour.



Minimum wage in Massachusetts is now $11 per hour.