I hate myself

editorial thing I guess???

1) Kingsbury uses visuals and descriptive diction to highlight the the physical harm and labor kitchen workers often have to go through. He talks about long scars lining the forearms of these workers, and people are always pretty interested in the morbid icky things, plus really it's unacceptable to put people through that kind of labor without citizens getting rightfully pissed. 

2)  the two related trends to provide context are the widening income gap and the exploding restaurant industry. 

3)  she argues that the policies for anti-raising wages are very unimpressive and dismisses them by talking about how the number of employed citizens has increased since they stopped giving out below minimum wages. 

4) She talks about the children of the workers and to think about they're wellbeing, as well as saying that raising the wages to minimum wage would be the best way to combat income equality where the gap between the wealthy and poor is a vast difference. 

5) she says that the restaurant industry has workers that have a poverty rate more than three times that of the rest of the countries workforce, along with the industry hosting seven of the ten worst paying jobs according to federal labor statistics.

6) according to Kingsbury, diners should argue that workers shouldn't support establishments that don't give their workers the wages that they deserve or any benefits that people who don't work in restaurants would get. Lawmakers should get the courage to reject the demands of the National Restaurant Association

 7) the NRA is responsible for the tipped minimum wage-under which restaurants are allowed to pay their workers just 2.63 with the hard-to-enforce understanding that tips will make up the rest of they way to at least $8 per hour. 

8)  The restaurant owner blame these problems on slim profit margins amid intense competition . 

9) but kingsbury says that it wouldn't change the competition, as every outlet would have to play under the same rules and demands. 

10) some bostonians are there illegally and have to string 2-3 jobs to make ends meet and barely even have living conditions.

11) the paragraph talking about Filiberto Lopez adds a feeling of connection and human interest that wasn't there before, as these people exist and deserve to be given better conditions

12) Wage theft is huge, and starts when employers don't pay overtime. 

13) wage theft in Boston is very common and collected more than 1.7 million in back wages in 2013

14) Kingsbury says that the mayor should streamline the permitting process, and to pass an ordinance prohibiting employers guilty of wage theft from getting/renewing their permits.

15) The article/column doesn't end in a quote, but does have a very final verdict. There is a vindication there that lets you know that wage theft and breaking the law is not to be tolerated or ignored. It's pretty typical I guess for a conclusion, I know that i've written conclusions like that before so idk.