How a janitor at Frito-Lay invented Flamin' Hot Cheetos (2017)
That&#x27;s $18.52 an hour in today&#x27;s dollars. The average pay for a janitor today is closer to $12 an hour. In fact, just a few years after 1976, janitors&#x27; wages (at least in LA) started falling sharply below the cost of living: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;socialjusticehistory.org&#x2F;lalabor&#x2F;workingla&#x2F;archives&#x2F;792" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;socialjusticehistory.org&#x2F;lalabor&#x2F;workingla&#x2F;archives&#x2F;...</a><p>The fact that our economic system worked for him does not mean that it works for the vast majority of people in similar jobs. It&#x27;s quite likely that some of his colleagues are now making less money (in real terms) than they were in the 70s.