![]() Raising the minimum wage has become the most prominent issue in the movement for fast-food workers' rights, and the one that organizers have found the most success, as states and cities across the US have grown closer to the goal of a $15 per hour wage. Prime among these is the issue of minimum wage. Ultimately, neither Puzder nor the White House was prepared to defeat the fast-food labor movement, which tore apart the nominee on the same restaurant industry battlegrounds they'd been fighting for years. While the Trump considered Puzder's role as a "job creator" to be a major plus for the secretary of labor, Puzder's position as CEO of CKE Restaurants, the parent company of Carl's Jr and Hardee's, dragged the White House into a raging labor battle. However, the first and biggest strike against Puzder was identical to the top reason that Trump nominated him for the job: the fact that he is a fast-food CEO. Puzder's personal life likely played a role in his decision to withdraw, as the Senate examined allegations that he abused his ex-wife (which she later retracted). ![]() ![]() Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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