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- The fast food conglomerate Yum! Brands [owner of Taco Bell, KFC, and Pizza Hut] is the second-largest private employer in the United States, with nearly 900,000 workers, most of whom make near poverty-level wages. [...] When the second-largest private employer in the country underpays its workers, all taxpayers end up picking up the tab as those workers file for the EITC, get on Medicaid, apply for foodstamps, and use other forms of public assistance.
shotmaster0 · 4279 days ago · link ·
This is mostly speculation --> Unfortunately I imagine that since most of these brands are predominately franchised (maybe not?) that if Yum brands ever raises wages it won't reduce franchising fees. Being a franchiser is difficult and they often owe money to investors as well as paying fees which means that they don't have much of a profit margin to cut into. This means more part-time workers or other workarounds to ensure that the total being paid to workers is still the same.
user-inactivated · 4279 days ago · link ·
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