The Article, Service Not Included, By The Boston Globe

Fast-food workers have been protesting for a minimum wage of $15 dollars an hour and the freedom to unionize. The workers have organized numerous protests this year. During the protests they have walked out and chanted slogans regarding their pay. The main fast-food companies that are effected is McDonald's and Burger King. They both have stated that they will not press charges and indeed are allowing the workers to return. These workers that are participating in the strike doesn’t represent the majority of the fast-food employees. The people participating in the strike are not only youths but adults and elders as well. Due to the countries low employment rate many of these workers are supporting a family or other dependents. This is

Tipping encourages restaurant owners to pay employees low-wage salaries. Employers rely heavenly on tips as a form of salary for their employees. In an article written by The New York Times it explains how in some states there is an “exemption” that allows employers to pay very low-wage to those employees who receive tips. For example, in Kansas employees only get paid 1.59 per hour which is way under the minimum wage (The New York Times). But to be able to this the employee must make up in tips what would amount to the minimum wage per hour. So if the employee is not making the minimum wage in tips per hour it is the employers’ responsibility to make sure that server is earning minimum wage. That is still saving the employer a lot of money

Living wage is a level of income that enable workers to afford basic necessity of life like shelter, food, health care and education. This is to afford any one that work full-time to live above poverty line, avoid homelessness and hunger; it’s meant to just meet basic necessities and provide buffer against emergencies or improve quality of life. It’s however disheartening to note that this basic wage has continue to be a dream for most workers in this country today; even as the companies or entities they work for makes record profits. Opponent of national living wage had cited possible job loss, capital flight in this era of globalization of capitalism, and natural forces of market as reason why implementing national living wage is a bad policy that would make the

Paying for a college education creates a dilemma when a student only earns minimum wage flipping burgers at a local fast food restaurant. The current federal minimum wage stands at $7.25 per hour before taxes. The debate on whether it should increase or remain constant has been occurring for many years. Raising the minimum wage to match the current cost of living seems like a good idea, but this could cause some negative effects. John Komlos’ article “Why raising the minimum wage is good economics” delivers a more effective argument than Rex Huppke’s article “The argument against raising minimum wage” through the use of ethos, logos, and a valid conclusion.

How do booming national and international chains- restaurants, hotels, retail outlets, cleaning services, and eldercare facilities – affect the treatment and aspirations of low-wage workers? Consider how market competition and the push for profits drive the nickel and dimming of America's lowest paid.

According to the article, the workers are demanding for fifteen dollars and hour and the right to unionize. Different states have different minimum wages requirements, but according to the article, most of workers in the fast-food industry still face the same problem, which is the shortage of money. Some workers who work hard daily still need financial aid in order to bring food to the table. This protesting started two years ago and is still happening today. There are at least 190 U.S. cities, such as “Chicago, Indianapolis, New York, Philadelphia, Knoxville, Tennessee” that are participating in this protest.

McDonalds, Wal-Mart, and cleaning services: all of these have one thing in common-they are all minimum wage jobs. Their pay is low and work load high, and because of this living as a low wageworker is never easy. One must handle many hardships in order to make a few meager dollars, with which most cannot sufficiently live. 'The 'living wage' in the United States is between $9-10.18; sounds great to a college student, but in the real world this kind of money just isn't going to cut it,' (Ramisch). Minimum wage standards for American workers rest at $5.15 per hour, and in such slighted fields, very few make much more than that, perhaps $6-7, but even that is a rarity. The material life of a low-income employee includes bare necessities

economy, in an industry that’s making billions of dollars in record profits; and they’re stealing from the lowest income workers in this country. Is that right?!”. It is true- workers of these restaurants do not even make nearly enough to survive and are victims of wage theft while corporate workers make millions more a year, caring less about what is happening to the workers below them.

increasing the minimum salary in the U.S; while looking out the underlying obstacle of the

Since the beginning of minimum wage during the Great Depression, the discussion of the how much minimum wage should be has always been occurring. Currently there is a strong push for the minimum wage to be raised, especially as Americans compare the current American rate to other countries’ rates. The New York Times recently reported that unionized Danish fast-food workers are paid more than twice as much as the average fast-food worker in America, and the Danish workers also receive benefits and paid vacation (Salz par. 2). Salz in his article, “Invitation to a Dialogue: A Challenge to America,” begs America to change its minimum wage rate so as to better take care of Americans. What Salz fails to take into account is the context of the comparison of rates along with the purpose of minimum wage when it was created, the effects of raising the minimum wage, and looking at the costs involved.

The thought that the simple act of tipping could solve such a complicated problem is an attractive thought, but it is just not probable. The authors believe that enough people will automatically tip more because they care about the income inequality gap. However, this is unlikely since Americans seem not to care, even if it is important to do so. For example, the voter turnout in the United States is very low. If people are not going to vote for their leaders, then how can the authors expect them to give more money to minimum wage

Understanding the potential of an increase in today’s minimum wage is the key to understanding the above statement. As a financial mechanism in American society, the minimum wage has helped to sustain generations of workers. Yet, there are two sides to the debate over minimum wage increases. One side—the proponents—feel strongly that low-income workers need some incentive to earn a sufficient living. Conversely, opponents believe that changing the minimum wage does not always help workers and can

Is minimum wage enough to live on? Most people would assume that the minimum wage would be the minimum amount people need to survive in today’s world, but that just is not the case. People are not able to survive on $7.50 an hour alone, but the price they are demanding would also impact fast food companies greatly. Noah Glass, founder and CEO of Olo and co-founder or Twitter, believes that he has the answer to the problem. His solution to the problem would benefit most of the fast food workers who are receiving minimum wage. Glass believes that implementing more technology into the fast food restaurant setting would not only help the company, but also result in increased pay for employees. Noah Glass uses his credibility, knowledge on the subject, and statistics to effectively convince fast food companies that introducing a digital ordering system will increase the efficiency of the company as well as provide their employees with an increased minimum wage.

Tipping has emerged as a major method of compensating wait staff ever since the 1960s when Congress passed the provision within Fair Labor Standards Act legislation which introduced the “tip credit” (Allegretto & Cooper, July 10, 2014). The FLSA provision set the minimum wage for tipped employees at $2.13 per hour, given that the employees would ‘earn’ $7.25 per hour from tips. The government considers employees who earn more than $30 per month as tipped employees. The tipped minimum wage has adversely impacted tipped employees, which includes barbers, stylists, wait staff, doormen, etc., such that they need to provide a high level of service so they can receive generous tips. The tipped minimum wage provision assigns tipped employees to high poverty due to their low income salary levels.

The living wage movement is an economic reform movement that has become one of the most important public policy issues that has come up within the last 10 years. Although there is no single definition, it is often defined as an hourly salary that allows working families of four to have an income that is above the federal poverty line. This means that the livable wage laws often stipulate that hourly wages should be two to three times above the federal Mininum wage. However, unlike the Mininum wage, the living wage has so far only been enacted on the county and city level. Cities and counties enforce the living wage for companies that have contracts with their respective cities and counties, receive subsidies