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The move could boost pay statewide and galvanize efforts across the U.S. Fast food workers defied skeptics roughly a decade ago with the "Fight for $15," a campaign demanding an industry-wide pay ...

Fast-food employees are struggling to afford necessities and a recent report shows they must work more than twice as many hours as the average worker just to afford the meals they serve. It ...

Not long ago, Guillermina ran into a coworker at her doctor’s office. The two women work together at a McDonald’s near San Jose, CA. When Guillermina asked what her coworker was doing at the doctor, ...

Ever wondered what really happens behind those gleaming counters and drive-thru windows? The reality of fast food operations contains layers of secrets that workers see daily but customers never ...