New Castle County to Hold Hearing on High Public Cost of Fast Food Industry Low Pay
WILMINGTON –In the midst of an unprecedented uprising of low-wage worker strikes at Walmart and at fast food restaurants in Wilmington and nationwide, Delaware will again take center stage in the fight for fair wages. On Tuesday, November 19, at 1:30pm, members of the New Castle County Economic Development Sub-Committee will convene a special hearing where fast food workers, economists and labor and community leaders will examine the hefty cost to DE taxpayers wrought by fast food companies' low wages. The hearing comes just weeks after researchers at the University of California, Berkeley released a report showing that low-wage fast food jobs cost U.S. taxpayers $7 billion every year.WHAT: Public Hearing on Taxpayer Cost of Low-Wage Fast Food Jobs
WHO:Darlene Battle, Director, Delaware Alliance for Community Advancement
Jack Temple, Policy Analyst, National Employment Law Center (NELP)
Ben and Nika Hunter, Fast Food Workers
Daisy Cruz, 32BJ SEIU, Assistant Mid-Atlantic District Leader
Ezra Temko, Delaware organizer, Americans for Democratic Action
WHERE: City/County Building
800 North French St., 8th Floor Conference Room, Wilmington, DE 19801
WHEN: Tuesday, November 19 at 1:30 pm EST
At the hearing, officials will be looking into what the researchers called “staggering” findings about the extent to which Delawareans and all Americans are forced to cover fast-food workers’ food, healthcare and other basic needs because the jobs in the industry just don’t pay enough. As a whole, fast food jobs across the country cost American taxpayers nearly a whopping $7 billion each year. Potential policy solutions will also be discussed.
DE Fast Food Forward is a movement of DE fast food workers, and supporters from faith, labor and community groups, who are fighting to raise wages and gain rights at work. It is part of the national movement of low-wage workers fighting for a better future.
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