fast food workers
Fast food nightmare: Big Mac with a side of sexual harassment
June 12, 201840 percent of women working in fast-food have been sexually harassed on the job, and that one in five of them have faced retaliation for complaining.
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Fast food CEO Puzder forced out as labor secretary nominee
February 16, 2017AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka called Puzder’s withdrawal “great news for everyone who wants an America where wages rise, benefits are strong, and unions are growing.”
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Hundreds of thousands of workers walk out for $15 and a union
December 1, 2016From Washington to Los Angeles to Chicago, from Maine to Minnesota to Phoenix, low-wage workers – including fast food workers, airport workers, adjunct professors, home health care workers and for the first time, Uber drivers –...
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Workers getting burned by McDonald’s greed
March 17, 2015"The Food Service Industry experiences the highest number of burns of any employment sector, about 12,000 each year."
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What’s outrageous? Poverty wages! (with video)
December 9, 2014Fast food strikers and supporters danced in front of a Downtown Los Angeles McDonald's on December 2, chanting, "If we don't get it, shut it down!"
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