Alex Park / DeSmogApr 24, 2024
From South Africa to Ukraine, five industrial chicken companies that supply KFC have benefited from financing from the World Bank Group and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )
BLANKDec 6, 2013
McDonald's once again displayed its utter ignorance of the lives of its low-wage workers in an online advice column recommending seasonal tipping rates for luxury services And on the same day those workers joined a nationwide walkout protesting poverty wages Yes, Ronald McDonald is a clown, but still . Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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BLANKAug 20, 2013
Fast food workers demanding a livable wage of $15 an hour are pushing for a nationwide walkout Aug. 29, leading, fittingly enough, into Labor Day weekend. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
David Sirota / TruthdigJun 18, 2012
With the three meals hitting their caloric max-out point, Yum! Brands has been leading the effort to add a whole new gorging session to America's daily schedule. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 8, 2010
American school officials' attitudes about the relationship between kids and their school lunches have swung from shades of strict social Darwinism to reflections of the free-market mentality over the last century, as Michael O'Donnell explains in his Washington Monthly book review. Thus, the ideal of character-building deprivation gave way to the age of the tater tot. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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