Inspire Brands — which owns Jimmy John's, Arby’s, Sonic, Buffalo Wild Wings, and Dunkin’ — bragged in internal documents about its role preventing workers from getting a living wage. $15 an hour and a union is the least we should be demanding from predatory corporations.
  • star_wraith [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    The company, which is owned by a private equity firm named after an Ayn Rand character

    :gui:

    Edit: Also, capitalists and business executives really have the absolute shittiest taste in books, when they even bother to read.

      • superdoctorman [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        "Hello, this is Tyler Durden, inc. Our records show you have an outstanding credit card balance of $5,467.98."

        • MathVelazquez [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          "Welcome to Clockwork Orange. If you buy a large orange smoothie today, you can get one of our new Milk Bars half off. "

  • Neopergoss [he/him,any]
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    4 years ago

    The link isn't working for some reason so here is a link to a cached of it: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:6m8x5myVJ0sJ:https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/03/fast-food-chains-block-15-minimum-wage-relief-dunkin-arbys-sonic+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&lr=lang_en%7Clang_uk%7Clang_hy%7Clang_ar%7Clang_fa%7Clang_hi%7Clang_th%7Clang_ko&client=firefox-b-1-d