Most Fast Food Workers Rely On Public Assistance

04:10

October 17, 2013

Protestors demonstrate outside a fast food restaurant on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP/Nick Ut)

A new report by researchers at the University of California Berkeley finds that despite working and taking home a pay-check, more than half of fast-food workers rely on public assistance programs such as food stamps or Medicaid to cover their basic needs.

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Guest

Allison Aubrey, food and health correspondent for NPR. She tweets @AubreyNPRFood.

This segment aired on October 17, 2013.