For far too long,
workers in fast food restaurants such as McDonald's have felt taken for granted by their employers.
Not exact matches
Places like New York are instituting a $ 15 an hour wage for
fast food workers, which many
restaurant owners say is too high and will result
in either
restaurant closures or staff layoffs.
Throw
in an uncertain economic outlook and industrywide pressures to increase the pay of
fast -
food workers, and
restaurants have looked like an increasingly unappetizing stew to investors — making their stocks among the biggest losers
in this year's market dip.
A key component of the package is a requirement that
fast food restaurants schedule their
workers at least two weeks
in advance or pay extra for shift changes.
The wage increase would apply to
workers in fast -
food restaurants with 30 or more locations, and affect an estimated 200,000 employees
in New York State.
«Singling out
fast food restaurants while ignoring other industries that hire
workers who are paid under $ 15 is unfair and discriminatory, harms New York
workers, and puts some New York businesses — including mine and my fellow New York McDonald's franchisees — at a competitive disadvantage,» said Jack Bert, who owns seven locations
in Queens.
At a subsequent rally, he said the state is subsidizing big
fast food restaurants like McDonald's to the tune of $ 700 million a year —
in part by providing health care coverage and other public assistance to its
workers — and called for New York to get out of the «hamburger business.»
New York's Wage Board has finalized its recommendation endorsing a $ 15 minimum wage for
fast -
food workers in chain
restaurants.
The proverbial Martian charged with evaluating the current situation would conclude that PIs typically run their laboratories like
fast -
food restaurants — paying their
workers as little as possible
in order to maximize their personal gain.
Students learn to despise free market economics
in lessons about third - world sweatshops, «living wage» laws, the earnings of
fast food workers and
restaurant CEOs, and the «hidden» costs of meat production,» Velderman reported.
Fast food restaurants face tough restrictions on ability to bring
in temporary foreign
workers under reforms announced to address public outcry over perceived abuses of system, Reuters
Some employers, particularly those
in fast -
food restaurants, teach new
workers using self - study programs, online programs, audiovisual presentations, or instructional booklets that explain
food preparation and service skills.
Fast Food Worker — New Age Coffee Shop, Las Vegas, NV — June 2012 — January 2015 • Maintained customer satisfaction by preparing coffee - based beverages, sandwiches, and baked goods to patron specifications • Ensured restaurant was clean and neat by cleaning food and beverage preparation areas and the facility in general • Helped café adhere to health department and food safety standards by inspecting foods and beverages for quality on a regular basis • Kept registers balanced by processing bills and customer payments in a timely and accurate manner • Restocked coffee bar at the end of each shift so baristas and other workers had access to adequate ingredi
Food Worker — New Age Coffee Shop, Las Vegas, NV — June 2012 — January 2015 • Maintained customer satisfaction by preparing coffee - based beverages, sandwiches, and baked goods to patron specifications • Ensured
restaurant was clean and neat by cleaning
food and beverage preparation areas and the facility in general • Helped café adhere to health department and food safety standards by inspecting foods and beverages for quality on a regular basis • Kept registers balanced by processing bills and customer payments in a timely and accurate manner • Restocked coffee bar at the end of each shift so baristas and other workers had access to adequate ingredi
food and beverage preparation areas and the facility
in general • Helped café adhere to health department and
food safety standards by inspecting foods and beverages for quality on a regular basis • Kept registers balanced by processing bills and customer payments in a timely and accurate manner • Restocked coffee bar at the end of each shift so baristas and other workers had access to adequate ingredi
food safety standards by inspecting
foods and beverages for quality on a regular basis • Kept registers balanced by processing bills and customer payments
in a timely and accurate manner • Restocked coffee bar at the end of each shift so baristas and other
workers had access to adequate ingredients
As the job title confirms,
fast food workers work
in restaurants that serve
fast food.