[Content Note: Class warfare; worker exploitation.]
"If I made $20 an hour, I could actually live, instead of dreaming about living."—Anthony Moore, a shift manager at a Burger King near Tampa, Florida, quoted in an article about the disparity between the wages earned by US fast food workers and those earned by Danish fast food workers, though they're both working for the same company.
There are plenty of quotes provided from people who try to explain the differences between the two countries that allegedly justify the difference, but it boils down to this single sentence: "But as Denmark illustrates, companies have managed to adapt in countries that demand a living wage."
Huh. Imagine that.
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