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http://gawker.com/5918072/a-guide-to-americas-worst-restaurants-for-workers
[font size=5]A Guide to Americas Worst Restaurants for Workers[/font]
by Hamilton NOLAN
Since we're on the topic of basic fairness for the working people of America, here is a useful thing: a pro-worker group called Restaurant Opportunities Centers United has produced a handy pocket guide to many of America's most popular restaurants, to let you know exactly how badly their employees are treated. The short version, below.
The guide (referenced in this excellent Mark Bittman column yesterday) ranks restaurants on whether they pay a minimum viable wage to their tipped and non-tipped workers; whether they give paid sick leave; and how much of a chance for advancement their workers have. Here are some of the better-known chain restaurants that received "0" or "unknown" ratings in each of those categoriesin other words, that did not achieve a single check mark for minimal standards of worker treatment:
(The list is long, at the link; basically, all the known chains)
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