Low wages keep restaurant workers in cycle of poverty
Cross-posted from the Ashville Citizen-Times
Low wages keep restaurant workers in cycle of poverty
"...The [restaurant] industry as a whole has recorded five straight years of economic growth, but “quick-service” restaurants, which include fast-food eateries, are experiencing more robust growth with sales this year at 4.4 percent over last.
At the same time, nearly 17 percent of the country’s 10 million restaurant workers live below the poverty line, with 40 percent living below twice the poverty line, commonly used as a measure of what it takes for a family to make ends meet without assistance.
That’s more than twice the rate of workers outside of the restaurant industry."
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Low wages keep restaurant workers in cycle of poverty
"...The [restaurant] industry as a whole has recorded five straight years of economic growth, but “quick-service” restaurants, which include fast-food eateries, are experiencing more robust growth with sales this year at 4.4 percent over last.
At the same time, nearly 17 percent of the country’s 10 million restaurant workers live below the poverty line, with 40 percent living below twice the poverty line, commonly used as a measure of what it takes for a family to make ends meet without assistance.
That’s more than twice the rate of workers outside of the restaurant industry."
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