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Fast-food workers kick off global labor action

Being from the south and knowing what good fried chicken is. It isn't KFC.
 

Nasty. Church's is mo better. Bigger and better juicier pieces, yum.

Church's Chicken
 

This whole post is depressing on so many levels.
 
If a $15 minimum wage was ever passed all that would be accomplished is that the fast food industry would finally go automated.

The $15/hour fast food jobs that are left would be for those few who are needed to service the hamburger making robots...

The only thing holding back automation in a fast food restaurant is that it is still cheaper to have employees.
 
vasuderatorrent said:
That machine can't unload the food truck or make your burger.
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That particular one? No. Which isn't to say that there aren't other forms of capital that owners can invest in to replace and reduce labor costs in those tasks.
 

Automation is going to happen eventually anyway.
 
Winchester said:
Automation is going to happen eventually anyway.
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Well, true, but it will only happen when automation becomes a cheaper alternative than hiring employees. By calling for a raise in their wages they only accelerate their obsolescence.
 
The one here in Austin (TX) had exactly 3 FF workers and about 30 activists and labor union members. SEIU prolly.
 
$15 per hour would pay for a lot of robot employees that don't (yet) bitch.
 
TheDemSocialist said:
Most if not all fast food restaurants do not accept tips. Worked at Subway for some time during highschool and we were told never to accept tips.
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The Subway here has a tip jar by the register.
 

That is not a concept they can understand.
 

But what you make doesn't matter. Only people that are making minimum wage are important.

That is what we get from these types of stupid strikes.
 
More purchasing power for a larger percentage of the population within a consumer economy = healthier consumer economy.
 

You didn't mention AAP's. An Associate of Applied Science in Network Admin is very valuable. Other AAPs are as well.
 

You should stop listening to President Obama so much.
 
clownboy said:
Precisely. Who cares if those young folks and those with two jobs are out of work, right?
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There can certainly be some modernization and computerization of the fast food industry that could occur, particularly if wages are forced too high. The cashier can be replaced with a computer.
 

Whose fault is it that an earned degree does not guarantee a job?

Also can you tell me a time when holding a degree did guarantee a job?
 
cpwill said:
Turned out it was put on by SEIU. How astonishing.
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What these idiots don't understand is that if they join the union, any raise they get will go directly to the union dues for them to keep that job.
 

How do you know what the majority are going through?
 
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