Fast Food Nation :::

Labor Rights.Org (Working for Justice in the Global Economy)

Source Watch

Facts About Walmart

Census Infomation

Opposing Viewpoints
Search "fast food" and also try the following terms:
"minimum wage" and "fast food"
advertising and "fast food"
unions and "fast food"

CQ Researcher 
Search for "fast food."

Also try the magazine and newspaper databases from the Learning Resources home page.

Discount Superstores

Wal-Mart Watch
Includes public opinion survey.

Is Wal-Mart Good for America?  Frontline Special
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/view/

Wal-Mart-- Background, Timeline and Impact of the Company supplied by Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wal-Mart

Writing About Wal-Mart: Choosing Your Words Carefully
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=1706657&page=1

Don't Blame Wal-Mart for the Wal-Mart Economy
http://www.slate.com/id/2089532/

Fast Food Restaurants

Anti-McDonald’s Site  (fighting their glossy image)
http://www.mcspotlight.org/

McDonalds Table of Nutrition Analysis
http://www.mcspotlight.org/company/publications/nutrition_table2.html

Food Safety/Health

USDA  Gateway to Government Information on Food Safety
http://www.foodsafety.gov/

FDA  Food and Drug Administration Official Site
http://www.fda.gov/

Nutrition Gov
http://www.nutrition.gov     Click to skip movie—great sites.

US Department of Agriculture—Center for Nutrition and Promotion
http://www.usda.gov/cnpp/
Food guidelines from the government and how they are promoting them.

Dirty Dining? America’s Top Ten Fast Food Restaurants

Labor

Report on the Youth Labor Force
http://www.bls.gov/opub/rylf/rylfhome.htm
Statistics on age, educational attainment of teenage workers

ACLU Immigrant Rights
http://www.aclu.org/ImmigrantsRights/ImmigrantsRightsMain.cfm

AFL-CIO America Needs a Raise

All state minimum wage laws and recent legislation

Fact Sheet #2: Restaurants and Fast Food Establishments Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Wal-Mart and Health Insurance
 
Evaluating Wal-Mart's Health Plans

Advertising

 

Advertising for the Big Box Invasion

From the small store point of view.

 

Google searches: Food politics, Fast food and legislation, Immigrant workers and food industry, Teenagers and food industry, Teenagers and jobs after school, Minimum wage and fast food

Last updated: April 9, 2007