US workers in the fast-food industry staged a one-day strike in dozens of cities...calling for better wages and the right to unionise...The striking workers are part of a coalition of unions, campaign groups, clergy and community members...They want to form unions in order to negotiate higher wages without fear of recrimination...Fast Food Forward said workers were still being targeted for organising, including having jobs terminated and hours reduced...National Retail Federation...dismissed the strike as "theatre orchestrated by organised labor"...McDonald's and Burger King said they did not set wage rates at the franchises that operate most of their outlets in the US. McDonald's said...that in its wholly-owned restaurants, pay starts at minimum wage but the range goes higher, depending on the employee's position and experience level.[refers to Macy's, Sears, Dollar Tree, Wendy's, Taco Bell, KFC, Pizza Hut, Domino's, Papa John's]