PARAGRAPH ONE:
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They went on strike |
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rate |
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The price of everything |
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right |
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their wages have stayed the |
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has gone up |
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This is double their current |
d. |
enough |
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he earns |
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I deserve |
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It isn't |
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for more money |
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it's my |
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$9 an hour |
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fight for what |
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same for five years |
PARAGRAPH TWO:
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higher wages would mean |
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about workers' pay |
2. |
make decisions |
b. |
wage |
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The restaurants are independent |
c. |
those are part-timers |
4. |
McDonald's profits were |
d. |
franchises |
5. |
wages are |
e. |
experience |
6. |
have little work |
f. |
more expensive burgers |
7. |
five per cent of workers get the minimum |
g. |
low |
8. |
most of |
h. |
over $5.5 billion |
LISTEN AND FILL IN THE GAPS
Fast-food workers in the USA did not go to work on Thursday. They went (1) ___________________ money. The workers get paid the minimum wage of $7.25. This (2) ___________________ since 2009. The workers cannot live on that. The price of everything has gone (3) ___________________ have stayed the same for five years. The workers want $15 an hour. (4) ___________________ current rate. Julio Wilson works at a pizza restaurant. He told the BBC he (5) ___________________. It isn't enough for himself and his five-year-old daughter. He said: "I know I'm risking my job, but it's my (6) ___________________ what I deserve."
McDonald's and Burger King spoke about the strike. Both said higher (7) ___________________ more expensive burgers. They said they did not make decisions about (8) ___________________ most of their restaurants. The restaurants are independent franchises, so (9) ___________________ about wages. McDonald's profits were over $5.5 billion in 2011. The National Restaurant Association (10) ___________________ low because the staff are young and have little work experience. It says only five per cent of workers (11) ___________________ and most of those are part-timers. It adds that (12) ___________________.
PUT A SLASH ( / )WHERE THE SPACES ARE
Fast-foodworkersintheUSAdidnotgotoworkonThursday.They
wentonstrikeformoremoney.Theworkersgetpaidtheminimumwag
eof$7.25.Thishasnotchangedsince2009.Theworkerscannotliveon
that.Thepriceofeverythinghasgoneupbuttheirwageshavestayedth
esameforfiveyears.Theworkerswant$15anhour.Thisisdoubletheir
currentrate.JulioWilsonworksatapizzarestaurant.HetoldtheBBCh
eearns$9anhour.Itisn'tenoughforhimselfandhisfive-year-
olddaughter.Hesaid:"IknowI'mriskingmyjob,butit'smyrighttofigh
tforwhatIdeserve."McDonald'sandBurgerKingspokeaboutthestrik
e.Bothsaidhigherwageswouldmeanmoreexpensiveburgers.Theys
aidtheydidnotmakedecisionsaboutworkers'payinmostoftheirresta
urants.Therestaurantsareindependentfranchises,sothemanagerd
ecidesaboutwages.McDonald'sprofitswereover$5.5billionin2011.
TheNationalRestaurantAssociationsaywagesarelowbecausethest
affareyoungandhavelittleworkexperience.Itsaysonlyfivepercento
fworkersgettheminimumwageandmostofthosearepart-timers.I
taddsthathalfareteenagers.
WRITE QUESTIONS & ASK YOUR PARTNER(S)
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WRITING
Write about wages / salary for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner's paper.
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