Workers at the nation’s best known fast-food restaurants in seven cities across America are planning to walk off the job Monday to protest what they say are wages that are too low to live on. In a move orchestrated with the help of powerful labor unions and clergy groups, the workers plan to strike for a day to demand their wages be doubled.The Washington Post reports that the protests will take place in New York City, Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Kansas City, and Flint, Mich., involving workers at McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's and KFC. Some employees at stores including Dollar Tree, Macy's and Victoria's Secret are also expected to join the protesters in several cities.
The workers are calling for wages of $15 per hour, more than double New York's current minimum wage of $7.25
Where's the beef? Fast-food workers in walkout to protest low wages | Fox News
$15 bucks an hour? It's ******* fast food you idiots! If you want a job to live on, one that is now a 'starter' job for any moron, then get out of flipping burgers and asking 'do you want fries with that'. Good lord.
As if it takes enough skill or work to warrant that kind of money. The entitlement mentality generation for sure. [/FONT][/COLOR]
Where's the beef? Fast-food workers in walkout to protest low wages | Fox News
$15 bucks an hour? It's ******* fast food you idiots! If you want a job to live on, one that is now a 'starter' job for any moron, then get out of flipping burgers and asking 'do you want fries with that'. Good lord.
As if it takes enough skill or work to warrant that kind of money. The entitlement mentality generation for sure. [/FONT][/COLOR]
$15pr/hr is not much less than I make and I work my ****ing ass off doing a job a whole hell of a lot more important than fast food.Where's the beef? Fast-food workers in walkout to protest low wages | Fox News
$15 bucks an hour? It's ******* fast food you idiots! If you want a job to live on, one that is now a 'starter' job for any moron, then get out of flipping burgers and asking 'do you want fries with that'. Good lord.
As if it takes enough skill or work to warrant that kind of money. The entitlement mentality generation for sure. [/FONT][/COLOR]
$15pr/hr is not much less than I make and I work my ****ing ass off doing a job a whole hell of a lot more important than fast food.
The military pays less. I'm talking about my civilian job.Perhaps a good time for the military to hit up the fast food joints with recruiting material.
Where's the beef? Fast-food workers in walkout to protest low wages | Fox News
$15 bucks an hour? It's ******* fast food you idiots! If you want a job to live on, one that is now a 'starter' job for any moron, then get out of flipping burgers and asking 'do you want fries with that'. Good lord.
As if it takes enough skill or work to warrant that kind of money. The entitlement mentality generation for sure. [/FONT][/COLOR]
You're never going to get double anything. . . whatever happened to demanding a reasonable RAISE? or BENEFITS. If they demanded a raise of 50% that's quite a pay hike and it wouldn't be so shocking.
When you go to extremes you do harm to your efforts.
Fifty? They're demanding DOUBLE pay.
Treat 'em like the air-traffic controllers from the 80's.
Yes - I know they're demanding double (100% raise) . . . a 50% raise would be P/2=D+P . . . If pay is $7.15 then that equates to $10.75 - which is still quite a bit, honestly - but not quiet as shocking and would receive less negative feedback.
For me - Just a raise of .50/hr was considerable.
Where's the beef? Fast-food workers in walkout to protest low wages | Fox News
$15 bucks an hour? It's ******* fast food you idiots! If you want a job to live on, one that is now a 'starter' job for any moron, then get out of flipping burgers and asking 'do you want fries with that'. Good lord.
As if it takes enough skill or work to warrant that kind of money. The entitlement mentality generation for sure. [/FONT][/COLOR]
Utterly ludicrous. This is why I hate unions.
If these people are too good for minimum wage jobs, they should get off their asses, get a damned education, and get a job that pays them what they believe they are worth. I'm not gonna pay $10 for a Big Mac so the burger-flipper can make out like a bandit. Idiots.
Yes - I know they're demanding double (100% raise) . . . a 50% raise would be P/2=D+P . . . If pay is $7.15 then that equates to $10.75 - which is still quite a bit, honestly - but not quiet as shocking and would receive less negative feedback.
For me - Just a raise of .50/hr was considerable.
The odd part is....McDonalds historically pays their staff above minimum wage. Just like their products, they have to compete with other fast food chains for employees as well.
I don't think people (consumers) would have a problem seeing the product go up 5-10% (which would trickle down to about a dollar or two raise per employee). But to say "I want double pay" for no reason other than as a demand, and not because of merit...well I'd tell those people to go pound sand.
Isn't this how the free market works? You can ask for whatever you like and you may get it, part of it, or replaced by someone willing to work for less than you.
Have you?Try living in the city even by yourself on even $10/hour before taxes.
Let's talk about that here. What about the personal responsibility of these people? What thought processes went on in this person's mind, where squeezing out a child was anything remotely close to a good idea, if all she can find is $10/hour work? Is it your belief that all you have to do is download a child and it automatically becomes someone else’s responsibility to cover the costs? And how much government assistance is available for that child anyway? I'll bet this loser of a mother's income is much higher than the $10/hour she receives in pay, when you factor in the tax credits, food stamps, WIC program, etc.It ain't easy...and if one is the breadwinner of a family (as too many single mothers are), it's doggone near impossible.
I have. Twice in my life. The last time was when I was 37, when I was laid off as a software engineer. Let me tell you, child...just because the job goes away, doesn't mean the bills go away too.Try walking the other guy's moccasins for a mile or two before you start judging him for what he says or does.
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