The walkouts, which are backed by organized labor including the Service Employees International Union, have attracted widespread attention while spotlighting the nation’s widening economic inequality and the rapid growth in low-wage jobs.
The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that seven of the 10 fastest-growing occupations over the next decade will be in jobs that traditionally have paid low wages, such as home health aides, store clerks, food preparation workers and laborers.
A study funded by Fast Food Forward and released this fall by researchers at the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Illinois found that taxpayers are spending nearly $7 billion a year to supplement the wages of fast-food workers through programs including food stamps, Medicaid and the earned-income tax credit.
“What we’re getting paid is not enough,” said Benjamin Hunter, 43, a married father of one who works at a Burger King in Wilmington.
He said he earns $7.25 an hour and that his wife makes $9 an hour working as a Burger King shift manager. The family receives Medicaid and food stamps. “Who can actually live on what they are paying?” he asked.
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