Pay gap widens between fast-food employees, CEOs

Change Location | More Weather »
Sunday, May 19, 2013 |

(Advertisement)

Pay gap widens between fast-food employees, CEOs

By LESLIE PATTON BLOOMBERG NEWS

Posted: December 30, 2012 at 2:26 a.m.

Credit: Bloomberg
Tyree Johnson, 44, watches a slow-moving train pass as he makes his way to work at a McDonald’s in Chicago. Johnson has worked at various McDonald’s restaurants for two decades but still makes minimum wage.

Tyree Johnson scrubs up in a McDonald’s bathroom and puts on fresh deodorant. He then stashes his toiletries in a travel bag and hops on an El train. His destination : another McDonald’s.

This story is only available from our archives.

Business, Pages 61 on 12/30/2012

(Advertisement)

« Previous Story

Craft-brewer Yuengling let market evolve to h...

Richard L. “Dick” Yuengling Jr., owner of D.G. Yuengling & Son Inc., holds a bottle of beer earlier this month at his brewery in Pottsville, Pa.

As a teenager stacking barrels after school at his family’s brewery in Pottsville, Richard L. “Dick” Yuengling... Read »

Mexico gaining tomato allies

Gloria Castenholz (right) purchases tomatoes at the Union Street Farmers Market in downtown Gainesville, Fla., in November. Florida tomato growers are leading an effort to curtail rules that make it easy for Mexican farmers to export their crops to the United States.

As tomato growers in Florida and some other states fight a 16-year-old agreement that they contend allows farm... Read »

To report abuse or misuse of this area please hit the "Suggest Removal" link in the comment to alert our online managers. Please read our comment policy.

Use the comment form below to begin a discussion about this content.

Registration is required to make comments. Click here to LOGIN.
You can register for FREE to post comments and receive alerts.

Material from the Associated Press is Copyright © 2010, Associated Press and may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium. Neither these AP materials nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and noncommercial use. The AP will not be held liable for any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions therefrom or in the transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof or for any damages arising from any of the foregoing. All rights reserved.