Labor Day ended, and this Thursday labor will be part of the news when fast food workers strike to demand an increase nationally of wages to create a minimum of $15 per hour.

In unrelated news, the Science section of today’s NYT makes note of a groundbreaking study that for the first time shows a loss of body fat and a decrease in cardiovascular problems from a non-caloric restrictive diet based on lower carbohydrate intake and more fat in proteins.

Those are the two First World food stories of the week.