Fast-food workers face problem: Who'll fund pay raises?

... that's about $15,000 a year, assuming a 40-hour workweek. It's less than half the median salary of a US worker. NEW YORK - US fast-food workers often earn about $7.25 an hour to make the $3 chicken sandwiches and 99-cent tacos that generate billions ...

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