if a worker is paid a wage at which he/she cannot support themselves and their family, they will have to turn to other supports like food stamps. The bitter debate on cutting allocation for food stamps in the Farm Bill has this other dimension linked to wages as well.
Fast food protests aren’t going away.
Organizers say fast food restaurant workers in 100 U.S. cities will walk off the job Thursday, as part of a continuing push to raise wages above $15 an hour in the industry and secure the right to unionize.
The movement began with a small walkout in New York City last year and has since gathered momentum. Strikes this past August drew fast food workers in 60 cities, organizers said.
The National Restaurant Association contends that the demonstrations are a “coordinated PR campaign engineered by national labor groups,” and that “relatively few restaurant workers have participated” in past demonstrations.
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