Should fast-food workers be paid a minimum of $15/hr? This a question that has been frequently asked by many across the nation since November of 2012 when Fast Food Forward, an SEIU-funded coalition, organized their first strike. ... In the article, Higher Fast-Food Wages: Higher Fast-Food Prices by James Sherk, a chart is shown. ... Many of whom rely on fast food are the 1,750,000 homeless people in America. ... The fast food industry is not meant to be a career job. ...

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Fernandez has been held up as a symbol of the hardships facing the nation's low-wage workers. ... Some fast food items would have to increase by over 200% to make up for minimum wage increases. ... Individuals who work at some fast food restaurants do not even need a high school diploma or GED. ... A performance study was done for fast food and dine-in restaurants across the U.S. and according to the study, the dine-in experience was much more pleasant than a fast food experience (Fast food or dine-in debate). At a fast food restaurant the customer has to walk up to the restaurant count...

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As individuals and as a nation, we pride ourselves in helping 4 others. ... Apartment and motel dumpsters galore, recycling centers, two "cheap" liquor stores, nice grocery stores, fast food dumpsters, a floppy motel, and some great hiding places. ... He suggests " we ignore sign holders and report panhandlers to business owners, require fast food vendors to keep dumpsters locked (those big green piggybanks that hold the key to Pandora's box), and stake out liquor stores that are breaking the law by selling booze to known street drunks." ... This is increasingly true in families from...

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All over the world, disparities between the rich and poor, even in the wealthiest of nations is rising sharply. ... What does it mean to describe a nation as "developing"? ... The economy has been a major influence on the levels of poverty in our nation. ... Real wages and productivity decreased, and the economy could not grow fast enough to absorb the large number of potential workers, which caused unemployment to increase (Katz: 1989, 154). ... Programs such as Social Security, Food stamps, housing assistance are safety nets that has helped lower the high risk of poverty. ...

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All over the world, disparities between the rich and poor, even in the wealthiest of nations is rising sharply. ... What does it mean to describe a nation as "developing"? ... The economy has been a major influence on the levels of poverty in our nation. ... Real wages and productivity decreased, and the economy could not grow fast enough to absorb the large number of potential workers, which caused unemployment to increase (Katz: 1989, 154). ... Programs such as Social Security, Food stamps, housing assistance are safety nets that has helped lower the high risk of poverty. ...

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Former United States president Bill Clinton has also openly discussed his support of increasing the minimum wage throughout the nation. ... In New York, fast food workers are rallying in Albany, New York City, and other cities to raise the minimum wage. ...

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Basic needs such as housing, utilities, food and health care have to be chosen one over the other to survive. ... The retail industry employs more than half the nations hourly workers at or below minimum wage, even though the industries profits went up 158 percent since 1968. ... They are now ranked among the top fast food chains in food quality, and customer service. ...

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