McDonald's to Workers: Beware of Fast Food - newser.com
Excerpt from this article:
"It's hard to have a healthy diet when you often eat at fast food joints, according to sensible dietary advice posted in an unlikely place: McDonald's own employee resources website. 'Fast foods are typically high in calories, fat, saturated fat, sugar, and salt and may put people at risk for becoming overweight,' warns the website, which labels a picture of a cheeseburger, fries, and soda 'the unhealthy choice' ..."
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It's good that McDonald's is warning its employees of the dangers of eating fast food. Perhaps, rather than give them a raise, McDonald's could just give them a copy of the following book this Christmas:
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All American Meal, by Eric Schlosser
More recommended reading:
McDonald's to Workers: Need Cash? Sell Your Stuff!
"I Work At McDonald's, But I Can't Afford to Eat There!" - zerohedge.com
A word of caution to striking fast food workers:
How Much Money Would You Pay for a Big Mac?
Showing posts with label Fast Food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fast Food. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Low Fast Food Wages Supplemented by Billions in Gov't Welfare - Report
Low Fast Food Wages Supplemented by Billions in Gov't Welfare - Report - rt.com
"Over half of US workers employed by fast food restaurants rely on public assistance because their meager paychecks do not cover basic needs. The aid costs American taxpayers billions of dollars each year, according to a new report. The average American fast food worker earns $8.69 an hour and regularly works less than 40 hours a week, qualifying them for a variety of government benefits. Fifty-two percent of families that include a fast food worker receive food stamps, Medicaid, or are eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. Compare that sum with the 25 percent of families eligible for those assistance programs from the overall workforce.
Recommended reading (my post):
How Much Money Would You Pay for a Big Mac?
"Over half of US workers employed by fast food restaurants rely on public assistance because their meager paychecks do not cover basic needs. The aid costs American taxpayers billions of dollars each year, according to a new report. The average American fast food worker earns $8.69 an hour and regularly works less than 40 hours a week, qualifying them for a variety of government benefits. Fifty-two percent of families that include a fast food worker receive food stamps, Medicaid, or are eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. Compare that sum with the 25 percent of families eligible for those assistance programs from the overall workforce.
Recommended reading (my post):
How Much Money Would You Pay for a Big Mac?
Thursday, August 8, 2013
Gallup: Wealthier Americans More Likely to Frequent Fast Food Restaurants
Gallup: Wealthier Americans More Likely to Frequent Fast Food Restaurants | CNS News:
"The wealthier an American gets, the more likely he or she is to frequent fast food restaurants, according to polling data released this week by Gallup."
Recommended reading (my post):
How Much Would You Pay For A Big Mac?
"The wealthier an American gets, the more likely he or she is to frequent fast food restaurants, according to polling data released this week by Gallup."
Recommended reading (my post):
How Much Would You Pay For A Big Mac?
Saturday, August 3, 2013
How Much Money Would You Pay for A Big Mac?
The Fast Food Protests | Tom Woods:
"Fast-food workers have begun protesting their low wages. (Yes, I know fast food isn’t good for you, but that’s immaterial here.) 'We are worth more,' their signs read. Are they? How can they know? If they were worth more, other firms would have captured their extra worth by bidding them away from the fast-food industry and hiring them themselves. Then we can know they were 'worth more,' at least in some other line of production. Since no one else seems willing to hire them at their current wage rate, it seems to me that the very last institutions they should be angry at are the fast-food restaurants themselves, the only institutions on earth doing anything to improve their standard of living. Why don’t they protest all the places that pay them $0, having refused to hire them at all?"
Recommended reading (my posts):
Should We Blame the UAW for Detroit?
Robots Taking Over Fast Food Jobs: What's to Become of the Useless Eaters?
"Fast-food workers have begun protesting their low wages. (Yes, I know fast food isn’t good for you, but that’s immaterial here.) 'We are worth more,' their signs read. Are they? How can they know? If they were worth more, other firms would have captured their extra worth by bidding them away from the fast-food industry and hiring them themselves. Then we can know they were 'worth more,' at least in some other line of production. Since no one else seems willing to hire them at their current wage rate, it seems to me that the very last institutions they should be angry at are the fast-food restaurants themselves, the only institutions on earth doing anything to improve their standard of living. Why don’t they protest all the places that pay them $0, having refused to hire them at all?"
Recommended reading (my posts):
Should We Blame the UAW for Detroit?
Robots Taking Over Fast Food Jobs: What's to Become of the Useless Eaters?
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