KCTR: We’re Montana’s Own » workers http://catcountry1029.com We’re Montana’s Own Fri, 24 May 2013 05:32:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 How Many Hours Does It Take a McDonald's Worker to Afford a Big Mac? — Dollars and Sense http://catcountry1029.com/how-many-hours-does-it-take-a-mcdonalds-worker-to-afford-a-big-mac-dollars-and-sense/ http://catcountry1029.com/how-many-hours-does-it-take-a-mcdonalds-worker-to-afford-a-big-mac-dollars-and-sense/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 13:25:40 +0000 Danny Gallagher http://tsminteractive.com/?p=95012 Economics can complicate the world’s most enlightened mind. They often involve complex equations with more numerals and variables than the theory of relativity.

However, one study has found a rather novel way of measuring and comparing the rise and fall of wages and it involves McDonald’s most famous sandwich.

]]> http://catcountry1029.com/how-many-hours-does-it-take-a-mcdonalds-worker-to-afford-a-big-mac-dollars-and-sense/feed/ 0 Spencer Platt, Getty Images Why the Flakes Hate the New GM Signing Bonus [AUDIO] http://catcountry1029.com/why-the-flakes-hate-the-new-gm-signing-bonus-audio/ http://catcountry1029.com/why-the-flakes-hate-the-new-gm-signing-bonus-audio/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:45:28 +0000 Cat Country http://kctr.com/?p=10988 According to the Associated Press, The United Auto Workers union won $5,000 signing bonuses, as well as the possibility of sweeter profit-sharing checks as part of a new four-year contract with General Motors Co..  GM was the first of the "Detroit Three" to reach an agreement with the UAW, with Chrysler likely to be next, followed by Ford, where little progress has been made in negotiations so far.

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