To: Dunkin' Donuts and the other fast food giants
Tragedy in New Jersey: We need $15 now.
It's absolutely appalling that you - incredibly profitable corporations – pay your workers so little that they're forced to work four jobs to make ends meet, and take naps in their cars between shifts. The death of Maria Fernandes is a sobering wake-up call. It's time to pay your workers $15.
Why is this important?
Maria Fernandes was found dead in her car on Tuesday, August 26. She worked four jobs – three at Dunkin' Donuts – because she couldn't make ends meet on the pitiful wages we make. She worked hard, and was often forced to take naps in her car between shifts – she died in a New Jersey convenience store parking lot after being overcome by fumes while resting.
It's heartbreaking that she died working so hard to make ends meet. And it's outrageous that incredibly profitable fast food corporations get away with paying us so poorly that we need to work four jobs and sleep in our cars between shifts.