The popular social sharing website Upworthy is tackling the minimum wage, the dignity of work and other important issues around Labor Day during its Twitter chat this Thursday at 3 p.m. EDT. 

Join the conversation using the hashtag #UpChat, and don't forget to check out the  AFL-CIO Labor Day website for shareable graphics and placards . 

The latest post in the  Workonomics series  at Upworthy asks the question, "How Did We Get to a Point Where a Child Is Saying Sorry to Her Mom for Costing Her Money?" The video is an excerpt from the HBO documentary "American Winter," which follows eight families struggling in the aftermath of the Great Recession. This clip shows how income inequality and cuts to social services have real consequences for families.

Want some truth with those fries? Want to super size it? McDonald's this week is being mocked (rightfully so) for its nonsensical budget tool that assumes a person has two jobs (sure, who doesn't these days?), pays $20 a month for health care and $0 for heating. Don't rub your eyes, that's a big fat zero. Oh, and the budget also ignores food, child care, gas and other obvious necessities.

The average food stamp recipient receives about $31 a week ($4.42 a day) for groceries and that’s apparently  too much for House Republicans —who by the way earn about $3,350 a week plus perks and seem to work about three days a week for maybe 40 weeks of the year. But I digress.

In  this latest Workonomics installment for Upworthy  Rep. Peter DeFazio (E-Ore.), sees just how far that $30 stretches and then live on it for a week.