Description: Despite protests by fast-food workers around the U.S., Congress appears to have little interest in increasing the minimum wage.

Source: CNN

Date: 08/30/2013

Link: http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/29/politics/minimum-wage-congress-obama/index.html?iref=allsearch

Related links:

• New York Times editorial
• The minimum wage in Canada
• Toronto Star column
• CBC story

Questions for discussion:

• Give a brief description of the reasons U.S. fast-food workers are walking off their jobs.
• What is the minimum wage where you live?
• Review the CNN story and the related links. What are the arguments for and against raising the minimum wage?
• Which arguments do you find the most persuasive?
• Have you worked in the fast-food industry? Do you think you were paid enough? Discuss.