A Guide to America’s Worst Restaurants for Workers

Since we’re on the topic of basic fairness for the working people of America, here is a useful thing: a pro-worker group called Restaurant Opportunities Centers United has produced a handy pocket guide to many of America’s most popular restaurants, to let you know exactly how badly their employees are treated. The short version, below.

The guide (referenced in this excellent Mark Bittman column yesterday) ranks restaurants on whether they pay a minimum viable wage to their tipped and non-tipped workers; whether they give paid sick leave; and how much of a chance for advancement their workers have. Here are some of the better-known chain restaurants that received “0” or “unknown” ratings in each of those categories—in other words, that did not achieve a single check mark for minimal standards of worker treatment:

The Worst Restaurants for Workers

Applebee’s

Arby’s

Baskin-Robbins

Bennigan’s

Bob Evans

Boston Market

Buffalo Wild Wings

Burger King

California Pizza Kitchen

Captain D’s

Carl’s Jr.

Chart House

Checker’s

Cheesecake Factory

Chili’s

Chuck E. Cheese

Church’s Chicken

Cold Stone Creamery

Cracker Barrel

Denny’s

Domino’s

Dunkin Donuts

Friendly’s

Golden Corral

Hard Rock Cafe

Hooters

Houlihan’s

IHOP

KFC

Legal Seafoods

Little Caesar’s

Marie Callender’s

McDonald’s

Morton’s Steakhouse

Olive Garden

Outback Steakhouse

P.F. Chang’s

Panera

Papa John’s

Perkins

Pizza Hut

Qiznos

Red Lobster

Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse

Sbarros

Sonic

Starbucks

Steak-n-Shake

Subway

TGI Friday’s

Taco Bell

Uno Chicago Grill

Waffle House

Zaxby’s

Did they miss any?????? Let us know below!

 

Sourced from Gawker.com