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Letters: Working hard for a better living

ISSUE | MINIMUM WAGE Working hard for a better living An article about fast-food worker and activist Shymara Jones effectively described her rationale for a $15-an-hour minimum wage and her significant effort to achieve that goal ("A voice for change," Sunday). She has a high school diploma and som

Shymara Jones, 23, is active in the Fight for 15 movement to get the minimum wage increased to $15 per hour, works the drive-thru window at the Popeyes on South Broad St.
Shymara Jones, 23, is active in the Fight for 15 movement to get the minimum wage increased to $15 per hour, works the drive-thru window at the Popeyes on South Broad St.Read moreCLEM MURRAY / Staff Photographer
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ISSUE | MINIMUM WAGE

Working hard

for a better living

An article about fast-food worker and activist Shymara Jones effectively described her rationale for a $15-an-hour minimum wage and her significant effort to achieve that goal ("A voice for change," Sunday). She has a high school diploma and some college credits, but her labor-organizing activities have demonstrated initiative, leadership, and the potential to succeed in a more lucrative occupation. It appears she would be better off diverting that effort to focus on getting a higher-paying job.

She indicated that increased income would make her happy and more independent. It should also allow her to forgo food stamps, subsidized child care, and other public assistance.

|Ken Mitchell, Mount Laurel