Annual earnings in the fast-food industry are well below the income needed for self-sufficiency, and fast-food industry jobs are also much less likely than other jobs to provide health benefits.
Businesses generally deal with minimum wage increases by finding efficiencies in their business practices or slightly increasing prices if they have … - David Rolf
Businesses generally deal with minimum wage increases by finding efficiencies in their business practices or slightly increasing prices if they have …
- David Rolf
Today, the gap between productivity and compensation for the typical worker is larger than at any time since World War II. - David Rolf
Today, the gap between productivity and compensation for the typical worker is larger than at any time since World War II.
The minimum wage isn't earned only by people working at fast food restaurants and in service industry work - the average income for positions like nu… - David Rolf
The minimum wage isn't earned only by people working at fast food restaurants and in service industry work - the average income for positions like nu…
People decide what markets should do - they are not a force of nature. - David Rolf
People decide what markets should do - they are not a force of nature.
Income inequality and wage stagnation finally took their place among the principal moral issues of our time. - David Rolf
Income inequality and wage stagnation finally took their place among the principal moral issues of our time.
The vast majority (over 80 percent) of fast-food and similar low wage service jobs ( - David Rolf
The vast majority (over 80 percent) of fast-food and similar low wage service jobs (
The free market hasn't done a very good job "figuring out" how to pay workers enough. If it was solely up to the market, the people with the least po… - David Rolf
The free market hasn't done a very good job "figuring out" how to pay workers enough. If it was solely up to the market, the people with the least po…
Most fast-food workers can't easily join a union, because they don't work directly for their parent company, such as McDonald's or Subway. Instead, t… - David Rolf
Most fast-food workers can't easily join a union, because they don't work directly for their parent company, such as McDonald's or Subway. Instead, t…
When workers make more money, they respond by being more productive in their jobs and are less likely to leave, reducing turnover costs. This puts mo… - David Rolf
When workers make more money, they respond by being more productive in their jobs and are less likely to leave, reducing turnover costs. This puts mo…
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