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HARI SREENIVASAN (Newshour): Twenty-five-year-old Shenita Simon has worked at a Kentucky Fried Chicken in Brooklyn, New York, for two years. She's a full-time shift supervisor, helping manage other workers and filling in wherever she's needed, from being a cashier to running the fryer.
Do you get benefits?
SHENITA SIMON, resident of New York City: No. No vacation, no benefits, no sick days, no personal days. That's luxury. That's unheard of now. No.
HARI SREENIVASAN: And all this for how much an hour?
SHENITA SIMON: I currently get paid $8 an hour.
HARI SREENIVASAN: After taxes, that wage translates into about $270 a week in take-home pay, and with that, she is supporting a household of seven.
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