workingamerica:Terrance Wise, 34, is a Burger King and Pizza Hut worker in Kansas City, Mo., earning
workingamerica:Terrance Wise, 34, is a Burger King and Pizza Hut worker in Kansas City, Mo., earning $9.30 and $7.47 an hour, at those respective restaurants.“I’m working two jobs, my fiancée is working two jobs and yet we’re homeless,” Wise, a father of three, said. He and his fiancée used to own their home, but after his hours were cut they couldn’t afford to pay their bills and ultimately lost the house.“The whole thing stinks,” he said. “We don’t have to take this, what the industry is handing us, which is pennies now.“Wise, who has only seen his wages rise moderately in the eight years he’s worked at Burger King, said he’s hoping the strikes will show customers that there’s more to restaurant work than the smiles diners see when they walk in the door."The public’s not aware,” he said. “When we clock out and we leave that place, it’s not always smiles, and people don’t understand that.“ -- source link