Researchers report hefty taxpayer costs for public assistance to help low-wage workers in the fast-food industry. (iStock photo)

By Kathleen Maclay, Media Relations | October 15, 2013

BERKELEY —The fast-food industry costs American taxpayers nearly $7 billion annually because its jobs pay so little that 52 percent of fast-food workers are forced to enroll their families in public assistance programs, according to a report released today (Tuesday, Oct. 15) by researchers at the University of California at Berkeley. [Read more…]