Fast-Food CEOs Making 1,200 Times Workers’ Wages Have No Idea What Their Greed Does To Employees

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http://www.alternet.org/activism/fast-food-ceos-making-1200-times-workers-wages-have-no-idea-what-their-greed-does-employees

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Marie Sanders

When she was 17, Marie Sanders took a job at McDonald’s in Kansas City, MO, making $7.25 an hour, because she needed to start covering her own expenses. Soon after, she decided to make a budget to account for these expenses and realized something was off: the managers were clocking her out for breaks she didn’t take—which is wage theft.

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Connie Ogletree

When Connie Ogletree’s husband passed away, she knew she would have to go back to work to survive. After moving in with her sister, Connie, 55, took a job at a McDonald’s in Atlanta, GA, two years ago, making $7.25.

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Lizbeth Caceres

Born in Nicaragua, Lizbeth Caceres, 46, came to the U.S. for the American Dream. But she soon learned that “the dream — it’s not easy, and you have to fight and struggle in order to improve your position.” Lizbeth, who worked for years at Wendy’s and Walmart in the past, took her job at a McDonald’s in the Pentagon after she moved to Arlington, VA, and her friend informed her of the open position.

[Jesus Malverde]

1. That fast food workers are the frontline of the labor movement shows

How far we have fallen.

McJobs are McJobs..

It's a career now eh?

[Mnemosyne]

2. k&r nt

[Dustlawyer]

3. They know, they just don't care. Our system and our country have gone 3/4 of the way to

SHIT!

[alfredo]

4. So true. The rich don't care if we live or die, except for the ones

that have "dead peasant" insurance policies on their workers. Those bosses want to cash in on your death.

[ronnie624]

5. I don't *want* to hate rich, greedy people.

But fighting off that demon, is becoming increasingly difficult.

[lonestarnot]

6. Richie Rich would just as soon they be served on an egg mcmuffin.