Fast-Food Workers

(CNNMoney) -- More than half of fast food workers have to rely on public assistance programs since their wages aren't enough to support...

(AP) — Fast-food workers and their supporters beat drums, blew whistles and chanted slogans Thursday on picket lines in dozens of U.S. cities, marking the largest protests yet in their quest for higher wages. The nationwide day of demonstrations came after similar actions organized by unions and community groups over the past several ...

Terrance Wise has two jobs in Kansas City — one at a burger joint, a second at a pizza restaurant – but he says his paychecks aren’t enough to buy shoes for his three daughters and insure his 15-year-old car. So he decided to draw attention to his plight: He walked off work in protest. Wis ...