It's Not Just Fast Food Workers That Are Underpaid

It's Not Just Fast Food Workers That Are Underpaid
Demonstrators outside a McDonald's restaurant near New York's Times Square as part of a nationwide protest of fast food workers December 5, 2013. Fast-food workers say they will sponsor one-day strikes in 100 cities on Thursday and protest activities in 100 additional cities to demand McDonalds, Burger King, Taco Bell, Wendy's and other fast-food restaraunts to pay a $15-an-hour wage. AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA (Photo credit should read STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)
Demonstrators outside a McDonald's restaurant near New York's Times Square as part of a nationwide protest of fast food workers December 5, 2013. Fast-food workers say they will sponsor one-day strikes in 100 cities on Thursday and protest activities in 100 additional cities to demand McDonalds, Burger King, Taco Bell, Wendy's and other fast-food restaraunts to pay a $15-an-hour wage. AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA (Photo credit should read STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)

Akil Poynter, 20, works 30 hours a week at a St. Louis area McDonald’s, earning $7.35 an hour for manning the grill. Since the Florissant Valley Community College student can’t get by on that income, he took on a second job, preparing sandwiches and salads at a local Panera Bread. There he receives $7.95 an hour for another 25 hours of labor a week.

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