Released: August 01, 2013

Facts about fast food pay

Source: Lydia DePillis - The Washington Post

For the past several days, hundreds of workers have been picketing Wendy’s, KFC, McDonald’s and other fast food joints around the country to protest rock-bottom pay, demanding a raise to about double the minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. As TIME points out, it’s a last-ditch strategy for a sector that has no other leverage, with plenty of unemployed people willing to work for less and no labor union to bargain for their rights. But what’s actually going on with the wages that fast food restaurants pay? A few things to know:

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