7 Super-Rich Corporations That Rake in Profits While Treating Workers Like Crap
July 24 marks three years since the last time the federal minimum wage went up. Nationwide, as corporate profits have not only returned to pre-financial-crisis levels but hit record highs , millions of workers are still trying to survive on $7.25 an hour.
A new report from the National Employment Law Project [PDF] found that more than one in four private-sector jobs pays less than $10 an hour—and those jobs are mostly with large corporations, not small businesses. Of the 50 largest employers of low-wage workers, 92 percent of those were profitable last year —and three-fourths of them are doing better than they were before the recession.
1. Toys R Us
2. Wal-Mart
3. Con Ed
4. Lage Management Corp Car Washes
5. Air Serv
6. McDonald’s
7. Starbucks
Read more at alternet.org