| May 14, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedLet’s say you’re a general manager at a fast food restaurant. You work 55 hours a week — not at all uncommon in the field — and earn a salary that comes out to less than $13 an hour. Last year, a federal rule would have made you eligible for a raise. Under rules set...
| Jul 17, 2024 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured“Summertime, and the living is easy, fish are jumping, and”… wait a minute, what is this? It’s a summer camp for kids — but with a disturbing corporate twist. Some outlets of Chick-fil-A, the fast food chicken chain, are now promoting a summer camp where children as...
| Aug 24, 2022 | Economy / Business|Food / FarmingAmerica’s stringent system of corporate capitalism keeps carving out new depths of worker exploitation. Take Chick-fil-A — a right-wing, Atlanta-based fast-food operation that likes to boast about following “biblically-based” principles. Like slavery? Well,...
| Jul 16, 2019 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedCorporate America is looming larger and larger in U.S. public schools. That’s not a good thing for educators, students, or workers. Nowhere could this be more clear than the case of McDonald’s, whose founder once scouted locations for new stores by flying over...
| Oct 21, 2015 | Food / FarmingWhen it comes to predatory marketing to children, nobody’s lovin’ it like McDonald’s. In addition to selling unhealthy food, the chain lures kids in with toys and a playground — and its spokesperson is a clown. But it’s the fast food...
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