Sentences with phrase «of the food chain workers»

Food Justice is About Workers Amy Frykholm interviews Jose Oliva The Christian Century Jose Oliva is the codirector of the Food Chain Workers Alliance, which aims to improve wages and working conditions for «all -LSB-...]

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Over the last two years, the movement has brought national attention upon the issue of minimum wage, with a special focus on how much fast - food chains pay workers.

As McDonald's moves to boost pay for its company - owned U.S. restaurants — about 90,000 workers or roughly 10 percent of its locations nationwide — the question now is whether pressure will mount for the fast food chain's franchises to follow suit.

Fast - food workers from McDonald's and other chains on Wednesday are participating in the latest in a series of national protests calling for higher pay and better working conditions.

Plus there was this hierarchy firmly fixed in my mind that everyone in full - time vocational ministry was at the top of the Truly Committed Christian Food Chain — missionary wins every time — and the rest of us were support workers, some call it «pew fodder».

The Chicago Food Policy Action Council and the Food Chain Workers Alliance have played a leadership role in the City's adoption of the Program by supporting the Chicago Good Food Taskforce organized by the Mayor's Office including multiple City of Chicago Sister Agencies (Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Park District, Chicago City Colleges, Chicago Housing Authority) and Departments (Department of Public Health, Department of Family and Support Services, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, Aviation, and Procurement).

New York Governor Cuomo, at a large union rally to raise the minimum wage in New York City's Union Square, called out fast food chains McDonald's and Burger King by name Thursday and accused them of «corporate greed» for underpaying workers.

Established in 1937, RWDSU's membership counts on 32,600 workers across New York State in a wide range of industries including but not limited to retail, poultry processing and food chains.

New York City fast food workers, union leaders and City Council members rallied in front of a federal Labor Department office this morning to demand President - elect Donald Trump drop his nominee to head the agency — minimum wage critic and Hardees / Carl's Jr. chain CEO Andrew Puzder.

New York City fast food workers, union leaders and Council members rallied in front of a federal Labor Department office to demand that Trump drop his nominee to head the agency — minimum wage critic and Hardees / Carl's Jr. chain CEO Andrew Puzder.

The co-chairmen of the General Assembly's Labor and Public Employees Committee cheered the recommendation from a wage board in New York to phase in a $ 15 minimum wage for workers in large fast food chains.

Governor Cuomo, at a large union rally in NYC's Union Square to raise the minimum wage, called out fast food chains McDonalds and Burger King by name and accused them of «corporate greed» for under paying workers.

At a rally in Manhattan, the Democratic governor shared the stage with national labor leaders after a state wage board recommended raising the minimum wage for fast - food workers to $ 15 and hour, delivering a key victory in a national push by unions — led by Service Employees International Union — to improve the lot of (and unionize) employees at McDonald's, Burger King and other chains.

After hearing testimony from dozens of fast - food workers, the board members decided the state should mandate that fast - food chains pay more.

In July, the wage board recommended that large fast - food chains pay their workers $ 15 an hour by 2019 in New York City and mid-way through 2021 in the rest of the state.

It also calls for expanded education efforts aimed at consumers, food service workers, and other segments of the «food chain.»

Additionally, Longoria is executive producer for the NCLR ALMA Awards and executive producer of the documentaries «Harvest» and «Food Chains» (both of which explore the current and historic exploitation of farm workers).

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