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Worker Calls Out McDonald's USA President Over Low Wages: 'This Is Fair?' (VIDEO)

WATCH: Worker Calls Out McDonald's President Over Low Wages
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Video of a verbal confrontation between a McDonald's employee and McDonald's USA President Jeff Stratton has surfaced nearly a week after a group of restaurant workers protested low wages during a speech Stratton made at a Chicago dining club.

The footage, which appears to have been recorded on a camera phone, was featured in a segment on TheRealNews.com and shows McDonald's employee Nancy Salgado shaming a surprised Stratton.

"I'm a single mother of two. It's really hard for me to feed my two kids and struggle day to day," Salgado is seen saying in the video. "Do you think this is fair that I have to be making $8.25 when I've been working at McDonald's for 10 years?"

Shortly afterwards, a man who appears to be a security guard tells Salgado she's "going to be arrested."

Salgado and six other members of Fight for $15, a protest group calling for higher wages for fast food workers, were kicked out of the event, according to the Chicago Tribune, even though they had purchased tickets. The incident occurred just a few weeks after fast food workers organized strikes around the country demanding wage increases.

Salgado, who said she ultimately received only a citation, told TheRealNews.com afterwards that her children are what inspired her to speak out.

"He needs to know...what all the employees at McDonald's are going through," she said. "We're struggling day to day to provide our needs."

(Hat tip: The Raw Story.)

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FILE - In this July 29, 2013, file photo, demonstrators in support of fast food workers march towards a McDonald's as they demand higher wages and the right to form a union without retaliation in New York's Union Square. Labor leaders are getting more creative _ and some say more desperate _ in trying to boost their sagging numbers. Unions are helping non-union fast food workers around the country hold strikes to protest low wages and poor working conditions. They are organizing home day care workers, university graduate students and even newly legalized marijuana dealers. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) (credit:AP)
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Fast-food worker Michelle Osborn, 23, of Flint, Mich. shouts out chants as she and a few dozen others strike outside of a McDonald's restaurant on Wednesday, July 31, 2013 in Flint. A few thousand fast-food workers in seven cities took to the streets demanding better pay, the right to unionize and a more than doubling of the federal minimum hourly wage from $7.25 to $15. (AP Photo/The Flint Journal, Jake May) (credit:AP)
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Demonstrators in support of fast food workers protest outside a McDonald's as they demand higher wages and the right to form a union without retaliation Monday, July 29, 2013, in New York's Union Square. Activists say hundreds of workers have walked off their jobs. They are demanding a minimum wage increase and calling for better benefits. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) (credit:AP)
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Demonstrators supporting fast food workers protest outside a McDonald's as they demand higher wages and the right to form a union without retaliation Monday, July 29, 2013, in New York's Union Square. The national Fast Food Forward campaign is organizing the demonstrations. Strikes are planned in other cities this week. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) (credit:AP)
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Demonstrators protest in support of fast food workers outside a McDonald's as they demand higher wages and the right to form a union without retaliation in Union Square, Monday, July 29, 2013, in New York. The national Fast Food Forward campaign is organizing the demonstrations. Strikes are planned in other cities this week. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) (credit:AP)
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Demonstrators in support of fast food workers protest outside a McDonald's as they demand higher wages and the right to form a union without retaliation, Monday, July 29, 2013, in New York's Union Square. Activists say hundreds of workers have walked off their jobs. They are demanding a minimum wage increase and calling for better benefits. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) (credit:AP)
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NEW YORK, NY - JULY 29: New York City Councilman Brad Lander speaks to employees at Wendy's fast-food restaurant during a demonstration outside of one of the restaurants to demand higher pay and the right to form a union on July 29, 2013 in New York City. Across the country thousands of low-wage workers are expected to walk off their jobs Monday at fast food establishments in seven U.S. cities. Workers at KFC, Wendy's, Burger King, McDonald's and other restaurants are calling for a living wage of $15 an hour and the right to form a union without retaliation. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, NY - JULY 29: Employees and supporters demonstrate outside of a Wendy's fast-food restaurant to demand higher pay and the right to form a union on July 29, 2013 in New York City. Across the country thousands of low-wage workers are expected to walk off their jobs Monday at fast food establishments in seven U.S. cities. Workers at KFC, Wendy's, Burger King, McDonald's and other restaurants are calling for a living wage of $15 an hour and the right to form a union without retaliation. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, NY - JULY 29: Employees and supporters demonstrate outside of a Wendy's fast-food restaurant to demand higher pay and the right to form a union on July 29, 2013 in New York City. Across the country thousands of low-wage workers are expected to walk off their jobs Monday at fast food establishments in seven U.S. cities. Workers at KFC, Wendy's, Burger King, McDonald's and other restaurants are calling for a living wage of $15 an hour and the right to form a union without retaliation. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, NY - JULY 29: New York City Councilman Brad Lander speaks to employees at Wendy's fast-food restaurant during a demonstration outside of one of the restaurants to demand higher pay and the right to form a union on July 29, 2013 in New York City. Across the country thousands of low-wage workers are expected to walk off their jobs Monday at fast food establishments in seven U.S. cities. Workers at KFC, Wendy's, Burger King, McDonald's and other restaurants are calling for a living wage of $15 an hour and the right to form a union without retaliation. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, NY - JULY 29: Employees and supporters demonstrate outside of a Wendy's fast-food restaurant to demand higher pay and the right to form a union on July 29, 2013 in New York City. Across the country thousands of low-wage workers are expected to walk off their jobs Monday at fast food establishments in seven U.S. cities. Workers at KFC, Wendy's, Burger King, McDonald's and other restaurants are calling for a living wage of $15 an hour and the right to form a union without retaliation. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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