Kentucky Fried Future
The jobs of tomorrow are here today—and they suck…
Reader: as a white person, I am required by law to listen to at least 12 hours of National Public Radio per week. (Note: 12 hour minimum does not include on-air fund drives). Which is how I happened to find myself tuned into a recent episode of On Point on the fast food economy and the wave of strikes by fast-food workers. The show, hosted by the mellifluosly chiding (chilliflous?) Tom Ashbrook, featured 34-year old Terrence Wise, a fast-food striker in Kansas City, MO with three children, two jobs and no home, who believes strongly that his profitable employers should “share the wealth.”A small order of context
But first, a small order of context. As a voracious consumer of both fast food (one shiny thumb up for the new Bacon Habanero Ranch Quarter Pounder!) and all things education
But first, a small order of context. As a voracious consumer of both fast food (one shiny thumb up for the new Bacon Habanero Ranch Quarter Pounder!) and all things education