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April 15, 1955
The first McDonald’s restaurant opens, in Des Plaines, Ill., setting the stage years later for sociologist Amitai Etzioni to coin the term “McJob.” As defined by the Oxford English Dictionary, a McJob is “an unstimulating, low-paid job with few prospects, especially one created by the expansion of the service sector.”  ~Labor Tribune

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Updated: Apr. 15 (22:04)

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Posted On: Oct 28, 2016
Oct. 28, 2016  | ORGANIZING | From California to Connecticut, the workers in four locations recently voted to join the Teamsters union. Two of the groups aren’t over-the-road truckers: one is a unit of firefighters and another a unit of school bus drivers. The common themes in all four wins were the demands of the workers for fair wages, decent health insurance and respect on the job. A group of rural firefighters, battalion chiefs, engineer lieutenants and administrative assistants in Stockton, California voted to join Teamsters Local 429… peoplesworld.org
 
 
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