Eat Better, Pay More, Have a Clearer Conscience
Haven't seen any one day work stoppages here by fast food workers, but I've been very interested to see the press that this sort of protest has been getting in the US.
The federal minimum wage in the US is $7.40 an hour, considerably below thatn the $10.15 Quebec legislates. But it still can't be easy to live a decent life on that. Do the math: 40 hours a week at 52 weeks a year works out to somewhat more than $21,000 in Quebec. In the US $7.40 would amount to about $15,000. Try raising a familly on that, or paying for child care, or keeping a car on that. Or for that matter, buying Big Macs on a regular basis: at $4.56 US, buying one a day would cost $1,664.40 US, or more than 10 per cent of a Macdo worker's gross annual wage.
Wouldn't we be a lot better off to pay our workers better and may be eat a little healthier too?
The federal minimum wage in the US is $7.40 an hour, considerably below thatn the $10.15 Quebec legislates. But it still can't be easy to live a decent life on that. Do the math: 40 hours a week at 52 weeks a year works out to somewhat more than $21,000 in Quebec. In the US $7.40 would amount to about $15,000. Try raising a familly on that, or paying for child care, or keeping a car on that. Or for that matter, buying Big Macs on a regular basis: at $4.56 US, buying one a day would cost $1,664.40 US, or more than 10 per cent of a Macdo worker's gross annual wage.
Wouldn't we be a lot better off to pay our workers better and may be eat a little healthier too?
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