An Average Day in the Life of a Fast Food Worker by McKinnis Katelyn

SOLUTIONS CATEGORY

hartzler8572 — 2015-02-19 15:42:57 UTC

This problem would be solved in the real world by doing one of the following:

3) WORKING CONDITIONS CATEGORY

mckinnis8814 — 2015-02-24 15:37:03 UTC

2) WAGES & HOURS CATEGORY

hartzler8572 — 2015-02-24 15:40:38 UTC

1) EMPLOYEE CHARACTERISTICS CATEGORY

messer2432 — 2015-02-24 15:41:24 UTC

hartzler8572 — 2015-02-24 15:42:07 UTC

In 1998 more restaurant workers were murdered on the job in the United States than police officers. Pg. 83

hartzler8572 — 2015-02-24 15:42:47 UTC

The fast food industry pays the minimum wage to a higher proportion of its workers than any other in American history. Pg. 73

messer2432 — 2015-02-24 15:45:04 UTC

Roughly 90 percent of the nation's fast food workers are paid an hourly wage, provided no benefits, and scheduled to work only as needed. Pg. 74

mckinnis8814 — 2015-02-24 15:45:52 UTC

“As the number of baby-boom teenagers declined, the fast food chains began to hire other marginalized workers: recent immigrants, the elderly, and the handicapped.” Pg. 70

messer2432 — 2015-02-24 15:48:15 UTC

"Workers were forced to wait until things got busy at a restaurant before officially starting their shifts. They were forced to clean restaurants on their own time. And they were sometimes compensated with food, not wages." Pg. 75

hartzler8572 — 2015-02-24 15:52:12 UTC

No other industry in the U.S. has a workforce so dominated by adolescents. Pg.68

hartzler8572 — 2015-02-24 15:54:50 UTC

The injury rate of teenage workers in the United States is about twice as high as that of adult workers. Pg. 83

mckinnis8814 — 2015-02-24 15:55:36 UTC

"While the real value of the wages paid to restaurant workers has declined for the past three decades, the earnings of restaurant company executives have risen considerably." Pg.73

mckinnis8814 — 2015-02-24 16:04:35 UTC

"America's fast food restaurants are now more attractive to armed robbers than convenience stores, gas stations, or banks." Pg. 83

mckinnis8814 — 2015-02-24 16:08:51 UTC

"The same demographic groups widely employed at fast food restaurants -the young and the poor- are also responsible for much of the nation's violent crime." Pg. 84

mckinnis8814 — 2015-02-25 19:21:20 UTC

1) passing a law in the United States which prohibits fast food restaurants from hiring any person under the age of 19

mckinnis8814 — 2015-02-26 04:20:24 UTC

WORLD'S OLDEST MCDONALD'S WORKER

hartzler8572 — 2015-02-26 15:52:51 UTC

2) passing a law that ensures that workers get full payment in money and not with food

messer2432 — 2015-02-26 15:53:06 UTC

3) passing a law that puts bullet proof shields in front of the workers to ensure their safety

hartzler8572 — 2015-02-26 16:04:12 UTC

messer2432 — 2015-03-02 15:59:21 UTC

2) You could write a persuasive letter encouraging the corporation to give their workers more benefits and a more structured schedule.

hartzler8572 — 2015-03-02 16:00:07 UTC

3) Start a petition to boycott your local McDonalds restaurants until they improve the working conditions of employees.