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Workers are facing dangerous heat — even inside fast-food restaurants

Rising temperatures and chronically broken cooling systems are turning the lunch rush into a deadly risk for some workers.

Grist
Parents of teen workers accuse union of ‘predatory’ sign-up tactics

Even union supporters say the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees’ Association’s tactics feel ‘unsettling’

The Guardian
Nuggets of Gold

For McDonald’s, the Chicken McNugget, the flagship product of further processed chicken, represented a once-in-a-generation innovation, a snack item that q...

Georgia Press
The Labor Abuses Behind Your Chicken Nuggets

In the late 20th century, the Chicken McNugget became an icon of fast-food cost efficiency. The peculiar cuisine’s history is one of fascinating technological innovation as well as brutal labor exploitation.

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California Fast Food Workers Union

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California Fast Food Workers Union

In 2011, there were an estimated 3.5 million #fastfoodworkers in the United States at 148,000 restaurants. Ten years later, there were an estimated 4.9 million workers—a 29 percent increase—at 188,000 restaurants, despite the fact that Congress hasn’t increased the federal minimum wage ($7.25 is still the #minimumwage floor in twenty states) since 2009. #automation is a way to get more labor out of its workers.
https://progressive.org/latest/fast-foods-automation-problem-park-20240815/

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Fast Food’s Automation Problem

For years, the fast food industry has used the threat of automation to avoid paying workers more.

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