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Worker Pay

  1. discrimination
    Study Finds Black Baristas Are Paid Less Than White Baristas at StarbucksLGBTQ and foreign-born employees also reported being discriminated against.
  2. tipping
    Chain Bashed for Cold-blooded Tipping Policy That Makes Servers ‘Pay to Work’The legally dubious scheme takes 3 percent of the bill, regardless of the gratuity.
  3. minimum wage
    Maine’s Restaurant Workers Convinced the State to Lower Their WagesThey argued it would lower tips and cut into their take-home pay.
  4. the chain gang
    Tight Job Market Now Has Fast-Food Chains Headhunting WorkersThey’re being offered free meals, paid days off, and sometimes even higher wages.
  5. minimum wage
    New Studies Argue a Higher Minimum Wage Could Backfire on Fast-Food WorkersEmployers might just replace them with higher-skilled workers, for one.
  6. wage fight
    Fast-Food Workers Striking for $15 Wages in Hundreds of CitiesFight for $15 is holding a “national day of disruption” to mark its fourth anniversary.
  7. lawsuits
    Judge Denies Overtime Pay to Millions of Restaurant WorkersThe salary limit was set to expand next week.
  8. the chain gang
    Starbucks’s Surprise Pay Raise Actually Comes With an AsteriskThe increase promised for October is just 2017’s annual raise a few months early.
  9. worker pay
    Report Finds San Francisco Massively Underpays Minority Restaurant WorkersWhite workers on average earn $6.12 more per hour, the worst disparity in the country.
  10. the chain gang
    Starbucks Will Give All of Its Employees a RaiseThe chain wants to address sinking morale.
  11. The Chain Gang
    Former McDonald’s CEO Predicts a $15 Wage Will Trigger Massive Layoffs“Thousands of entry-level opportunities” will vanish.