article_snippet.sent: According to one study cited in Business Insider, half of the nation's fast food workers require some kind of government assistance, costing taxpayers $7billion a year.
article_snippet.sent: And $1.2billion of that public assistance goes to employees of McDonald's annually, reported a study released by the National Employment Law Project.
article_snippet.sent: Just weeks ago, McDonald's announced that McDonald's would be giving a $1 pay raise for about 90,000 employees, effectively making about 90,000 employees wage $10 an hour.
article_snippet.sent: But a $1 pay raise only applies to employees who work in restaurants owned by the corporation.
article_snippet.sent: Restaurants operated by independent franchise workers were ineligible for the wage bump, which Alvarez said disqualifies nine out of 10 McDonald's's employees.
highlights_snippet.sent: Half of the nation's fast food workers require some kind of government assistance, according to a recent study .