Many workers of fast food restaurant company McDonald's have been protesting to force the company to set minimum wage of about $15. According to reports, union members have reached near the McDonald's headquarters in Oak Brook as the fast food chain’s chief executive officer Steve Easterbrook will soon address annual shareholders meeting on Thursday.

According to police, about 2,000 protesters from different locations across the country on Wednesday gathered near the McDonald's headquarters to gain the company’s attention to raise the workers’ minimum wage. This is not the first time when workers of McDonald’s, the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, have protested to urge the company to raise the minimum wage.

In 2014, more than 1,000 protesters from around the country gathered on McDonald’s campus for the shareholders meeting. That time, about 100 workers were arrested for crossing a police barricade. As per the police, no protestor was arrested during Wednesday's protest.

Earlier, McDonald’s, which has about 35,000 outlets in more than 100 countries, announced that the company has decided to raise the workers’ starting wage to $1 above the local minimum wage. According to the company, by the end of 2016, the average hourly pay rate will be above $10 per hour.

Organizers said, “The raise doesn't go far enough toward give workers a wage needed to live above the poverty line. The $1 hike also only applies to company-owned stores, which account for only about 10% of McDonald's”.

Kwanza Brooks, a member of national group the Fight for 15, said that the protest was planned to tell the company and its shareholders not to invest in wealthy hedge fund managers and spend in the company and its workers.