Would You Like Fries with That Reform? | EduShyster

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What does the battle over the minimum wage have to do with education? Everything…

By Adell Cothorne
Way back before I became a principal, a whistleblower, the “cupcake lady” and joined the fight to save public education, I was a McDonald’s worker. It was 1984 and you name it—cashier, grill operator, grease trap emptier, bathroom cleaner—I did it. I’ve been thinking a lot about my McDonald’s days since watching a recent report on CBS Sunday Morning called “The Battle Over the Minimum Wage.” 

Nancy and me
Nancy, the worker featured in the CBS segment, has worked at McDonald’s for ten years and has been offered promotions. But she’s a single mother and a management position would make her schedule too unpredictable, which means that she’s stuck with her current $8.25 minimum wage position. Unlike Nancy, I didn’t have to support two children on McDonald’s