What a living wage looks like

Sean Smoot, the executive director of the Police Benevolent & Protective Assoc. of Illinois, at a recent protest mounted by a group of public sector unions – We Are One Illinois. Sean has urged his members to show support for the struggle of all working people to earn a decent wage and and benefits.
In the United States it’s not uncommon to hear middle class Americans argue that we can’t raise the minimum wage because it would bankrupt multinational corporations like McDonalds. So what does a Danish McDonalds employee earn? $21 dollars an hour! Why can’t we do that here?