gonzalez makes now. "running for drive-though, taking orders, keeping a happy face for customers is stressful. (does it deserve $15 an hour?) yes, it does." in chicago, "a skeleton staff" kept the city's largest mcdonalds open. while congresswoman jan schakowsky spoke of unfairness to taxpayers who provide public assistance to more than half of the nation's fast-food workers. "meantime, mcdonald's made 5.6 billion dollars in profit. don't you think they should give these people a raise?" the protesters have the support of the service employees international union, which has two million members, as well as advocates for the homeless. "it's on the backs of these workers that those giants live." but u.s. chamber of commerce vice president glenn spencer said "these union-produced, made-for-media protests have repeatedly failed to gain support from more than a handful of actual workers." the strike is the latest in a series of protests targeting several fast-food operators. in response, mcdonalds issued a sta