Conaway: At minimum, a wake-up call
Starbucks recently lost local court battles and has been forced to hire their employees back who were planning to organize and were fired because of it. (Andrew J. Breig/The Daily Memphian file)
Dan Conaway
Dan Conaway was a freelance columnist with The Daily Memphian from 2018 to 2025.
At a minimum, minimum wages must go up, and employers have to start paying more attention to the welfare of those they employ.
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