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In Fast-Food Workers’ Fight for $15 Hourly Wage, a Strong Voice in Terrance Wise
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Most mornings last year, Terrance Wise left home before his three daughters woke up, to head to his $9.30-an-hour job at Burger King.
And after working his second job of the day, as a $7.47-an-hour cook for Pizza Hut, he returned home 16 hours later, around 11 p.m., after his dau
This is why the middle class can’t get ahead
Editor's Note: When’s the last time you worked overtime? How about the last time you worked overtime and got paid for it? If you’re in the middle class, probably not recently.
Only Americans who make less than $23,660 a year are automatically eligible for time-and-a-half pay a
This drug costs $84,000
The first thing Philip Mason noticed was the hair loss. The 73-year-old retiree, a former computer programmer, began shedding hair from his arms, legs, everywhere on his body. "It just all came right off," he said.
After the hair loss came weight loss; Mason dropped from 150 to 125 pounds. He felt
I’m making $21 an hour at McDonald’s. Why aren’t you?
I work for McDonald's and I make $21 an hour.
No, that isn’t a typo. It’s really my salary.
You see, I work for McDonald’s in Denmark, where an agreement between our union and the company guarantees that workers older than 18 are paid at least $21 an hour. Employees younger than
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