Restaurant Workers Got Masks. They’d Also Like a Permanent Raise
- Little bargaining power in the face of mass U.S. unemployment
- ‘Titanic is sinking’ for store owners dealing with shutdowns
Customers stand in line outside a pick up window of a McDonald's Corp. restaurant in the South Beach neighborhood of Miami Beach, Florida.
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Some of America’s fast-food workers are finally getting face masks and emergency sick days to help get them through the coronavirus outbreak. Now the challenge for labor activists is to capitalize on the moment to win permanent improvements in pay and benefits.