December 5th, 2013
09:54 AM ET

Fast Food Workers in 100 Cities Plan Walkouts

Fast food protests aren't going away.


"Median pay for fast food workers is $9 an hour or $18,720 a year, well below the Census Bureau's poverty line of about $23,000 for a family of four," reports CNN's Alison Kosik.






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  1. exoticdoc2

    Honestly, how hard can it be to replace people in no-skill jobs? Given no one does anything about them there are plenty of illegal aliens around to hire. Some jobs simply are not worth that much money, and burger-flipping is one of them. These types of jobs are generally supposed to be transient by nature where young people get a start. If you are still in one and trying to raise a family with it decades later that is your own fault for not trying to advance yourself.

    December 5, 2013 at 10:49 am | Reply
  2. Jer

    The fact that a single person working at McDonald's brings in less than poverty level for a family of four doesn't matter. Why are they basing their requirement for a raise based on that figure? A family of four typically would be 2 adults and 2 children. Are we saying that one person should make enough to support four? This is a time when it is almost necessary for the working class to have 2 incomes to support the family. That's the way my family has always functioned. All it takes is the 2nd adult to work even a part time job to bring the household over the poverty line for a family of four. There is no logical argument to be made that the starting pay of a fast food worker should be so high.

    December 5, 2013 at 10:44 am | Reply

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