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Fast-food workers rally for more pay

Hundreds of fast-food workers from around the city walked off the job today in a mass protest for higher pay — like $15 an hour.

Burger-flippers, french fry makers and sandwich builders from McDonald’s, Wendy’s, KFC and many other chains joined in a national day of rallies that also included a push for the right to unionize without retaliation from managers.

In the Big Apple highlight of the day of protests, workers and union organizers rallied at Union Square in an effort to get a raise from New York’s minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.

The Service Employees International Union and the Communication Workers of America are helping fund the campaign.

“I think one of the things workers continue to learn is that since they have no rights at work, they can be retaliated against and fired for dropping a chicken nugget,” said Jonathan Westin, the director of the New York Communities for Change.

Condela Campbell, 26, of Brooklyn, who works at KFC, said, “It’s important because we are not getting the right amount of pay and we’re not getting treated right. We’re just trying to fight for our rights.”

“I pay rent and cable and it’s a struggle right now,” Campbell said. “I just need the right pay and some hours.”

San Francisco is the US city with the highest minimum wage, at $10.55 an hour, followed by Santa Fe, NM, at $10.51, and San Jose, Calif., at $10.

abeasley@nypost.com