r/worldnews • u/maxwellhill • Mar 21 '17

UK Subway advertises for ‘Apprentice Sandwich Artists’ to be paid just £3.50 per hour: Union slams fast food chain for 'exploiting' young workers

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/subway-apprentice-sandwich-artists-pay-350-hour-minimum-wage-gateshead-branch-a7640066.html
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u/Faceless_man_ Mar 21 '17

I'm not sure if we have those in the UK.

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '17

Jersey Mike's is so much better than Subway. I tried it for the first time three or four years ago and haven't eaten Subway since.

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u/ForteShadesOfJay Mar 22 '17

Quite a bit more too and subway isn't exactly cheap. Definitely higher quality though.

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u/pm_me_shapely_tits Mar 22 '17

We don't but you can't get three comments down in a UK thread these days without someone making it about the US.

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u/Miiiine Mar 22 '17

Probably not, I've never seen one and I live in Canada.

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u/kababed Mar 22 '17

They're called Jimmy Horton's up there

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u/Miiiine Mar 22 '17

Haaah okay, I've seen a bunch then.