The National Guestworker Alliance says that McDonald's franchises in Pennsylvania are paying student guest workers below the minimum wage. The group says that students paid to come to the United States for an exchange program, but that McDonald's is using the students as a cheap form of labor. The group says that students walked out on Wednesday to protest their living and working conditions. The program is administered by the State Department.
See "McDonald's Franchises In Pennsylvania Accused of Exploiting Student Guest Workers", Dave Jamieson, The Huffington Post, March 5, 2013