This statistic shows data on consumer support for increasing wages of restaurant employees in the United States in 2016. During the survey, 50 percent of respondents stated that they agreed that restaurant workers should receive higher wages.
Recent labor movements in the restaurant industry are calling for higher worker wages. Do you agree with those movements?
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AlixPartners. (March 10, 2016). Recent labor movements in the restaurant industry are calling for higher worker wages. Do you agree with those movements? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/524124/restaurant-employee-wage-increase-support-usa/
AlixPartners. "Recent labor movements in the restaurant industry are calling for higher worker wages. Do you agree with those movements?." Chart. March 10, 2016. Statista. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/524124/restaurant-employee-wage-increase-support-usa/
AlixPartners. (2016). Recent labor movements in the restaurant industry are calling for higher worker wages. Do you agree with those movements?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/524124/restaurant-employee-wage-increase-support-usa/
AlixPartners. "Recent Labor Movements in The Restaurant Industry Are Calling for Higher Worker Wages. Do You Agree with Those Movements?." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Mar 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/524124/restaurant-employee-wage-increase-support-usa/
AlixPartners, Recent labor movements in the restaurant industry are calling for higher worker wages. Do you agree with those movements? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/524124/restaurant-employee-wage-increase-support-usa/ (last visited April 25, 2024)
Recent labor movements in the restaurant industry are calling for higher worker wages. Do you agree with those movements? [Graph], AlixPartners, March 10, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/524124/restaurant-employee-wage-increase-support-usa/