Study finds widespread homelessness among CA fast food workers: 'I feel somewhat ashamed'

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According to a study of California's fast food industry, fast food workers make up 11% of all homeless workers in the state and 9% of all homeless workers in Los Angeles County.

Many frontline fast food workers - which includes cooks and cashiers, not managers - are part-time, averaging 1,300 hours per year compared to all other industries at more than 1,800 hours per year.

California's fast food workers are nearly 80% people of color, more than 60% are Latino and two-thirds are women. "Some people sleep in their car and they go to work and you don't even know that. They might have not even showered that day. But, you wouldn't even know that because they go with a happy face every day. I'm one of those people," she said.

 

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