low-income workers http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/23384/all en Fast Food Workers Strike, Demand More Than Double Minimum Wage http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/fast-food-workers-strike-demand-more-double-minimum-wage <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Networks downplay extremism as left continues push for ‘living wage.’ </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/kristine-marsh">Kristine Marsh</a> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <div class="field-label-inline"> By</div> <a href="/author/julia-seymour">Julia A. Seymour</a> </div> </div> </div> <p dir="ltr">Wages have been big news in 2013, although the battle over a “living wage” has gotten little attention even as left-wing activists protest in cities across the country.</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/fast-food-workers-strike-demand-more-double-minimum-wage" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Business Economy Government Media ACORN Barack Obama earnings fast food forward George Soros liberal activism living wage low-income workers Minimum Wage National Employment Law Project NELP New York Communities for Change NYCC OWS poor Poverty Protests Salon SEIU Thom Hartmann Union Unions Wages Wal-Mart workers Thu, 15 Aug 2013 15:12:04 +0000 julia.seymour 44279 at http://archive2.mrc.org