Go To Work Sick Or Go Without Pay — Kansas City-Area Fast Food Workers Face An Almost Impossible Decision
/ Bridget Hughes is a part of Stand Up KC, an organization advocating for a $15 minimum wage. Kansas City’s 311 hotline was set up to be a resource for residents to document workplace complaints, like a business violating COVID-19 regulations, but the health department has struggled to follow up on dozens of complaints about job safety. For workers living on the edge, missing a paycheck can be crushing. “Ive gone to work sick,” McDonald’s worker Terrence Wise said. “This COVID disast...
Source: kcur.org