Word: subminimum
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Dates: during 1976-1976
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...workers who produced McDonald's secret weapon, the 50-second burger, receive their share of the benefits. McDonald's has lobbied for years for a subminimum wage for the teenage workers who form the majority of its employees. And even some famous universities could take a lesson from McDonald's union-busting methods. Claiming no "outsider" (read: union) is needed to resolve labor-management conflicts, managers hold "rap sessions" with employees, ostensibly to understand their grievances. Actually, Hamburger Central directs managers to heed complaints only as a clue to which employees have unionizing sympathies. Tricky lie detector tests await...