Byline: Article Unsigned; 1979-12-05; Atlanta Constitution;
Report: "The Underpaid and Under-Protected" - Chester Goolrick and Paul Lieberman - Atlanta Constitution
Tags: georgia, low wage earners, minimum wage, underpaid workers
"The wage and hour case 'was a matter where the wage-hour office said a person couldn't come in a store and take off his coat and go to the bathroom without being on the payroll. It was not a question of taking advantage of anybody; nobody had ever argued about it; we weren't trapped or caught or anything.'"
Description:Dillard Munford, whose company runs Majik Markets, the nation's second-largest convenience store chain, decries the minimum wage and the negative impact it has had on his workers.
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