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Phew, I'm glad that I bagged my lunch to work.:shock:Walking off the job for nearly double the wages: on Thursday, fast food workers across Austin and 100 cities nationwide are planning to strike
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I hope you paid yourself the pro-rated equivalent of $15.00/hr for your effort. Otherwise you're just exploiting yourself.Fast Food Workers To Strike In Austin, 100 Cities Nationwide Today - keyetv.com Austin News, Weather, Traffic KEYE-TV Austin - Top Stories Phew, I'm glad that I bagged my lunch to work.:shock:
Fast Food Workers To Strike In Austin, 100 Cities Nationwide Today - keyetv.com Austin News, Weather, Traffic KEYE-TV Austin - Top Stories Phew, I'm glad that I bagged my lunch to work.:shock:
I hope you paid yourself the pro-rated equivalent of $15.00/hr for your effort. Otherwise you're just exploiting yourself.
I wonder if these people realize that if they're successful, many of them are out of jobs -- not because the chains can't afford it, but because for $15 an hour, they won't be settling for THEM anymore.
I packed three lunches today, maybe I need to start charging for my services instead of letting my family exploit me. Them peanut butter sandwiches don't make themselves. Should I go on strike?
Now give me some support here before a certain someone tells me it's just my womanly job to do it! :mrgreen:
I wonder if these people realize that if they're successful, many of them are out of jobs -- not because the chains can't afford it, but because for $15 an hour, they won't be settling for THEM anymore.
You don't have to take that crap. Strike! I'm right behind you. Over here. No. Waaay back here. Just tell all involved that my refusal to support the powers of oppression are tacit support for you, and I will fight right down to the last smear of peanut butter. And tell those crumb crunchers that rent is going up, too.I packed three lunches today, maybe I need to start charging for my services instead of letting my family exploit me. Them peanut butter sandwiches don't make themselves. Should I go on strike?
Now give me some support here before a certain someone tells me it's just my womanly job to do it! :mrgreen:
$15 is too much for flipping burgers especially when many skilled trades start off at a wage in that ballpark. They should be thrown a bone though. Give em' a half a buck and move on.
I wonder if these people realize that if they're successful, many of them are out of jobs -- not because the chains can't afford it, but because for $15 an hour, they won't be settling for THEM anymore.
That makes no sense at all. If the current wage, often above the minimum wage, is able to attract (and retain) qualified workers then it is, by definition, sufficient.
Maybe you're right. Reduce their wages by 50 cents, that'll show em':lamoThat makes no sense at all. If the current wage, often above the minimum wage, is able to attract (and retain) qualified workers then it is, by definition, sufficient.
Bingo.Of course a lot of people that work these jobs still don't make enough to get off of public assistance. It could be a big relief on the welfare rolls.
That respite from welfare rolls will be very short-lived. Understand, if foundational wages increase, the cost of all other things will eventually increase as a result - it only takes a little bit of time for the ripple through the economy to undo what has been done.Of course a lot of people that work these jobs still don't make enough to get off of public assistance. It could be a big relief on the welfare rolls.
Of course a lot of people that work these jobs still don't make enough to get off of public assistance. It could be a big relief on the welfare rolls.
Gov't creates a problem ("welfare" exceeds a low skilled person's working income) so now we need to force employers to pay more for that low skilled worker? Yep, that will make more folks stay in HS or learn a trade.
$15 is too much for flipping burgers especially when many skilled trades start off at a wage in that ballpark. They should be thrown a bone though. Give em' a half a buck and move on.
$15 is too much for flipping burgers especially when many skilled trades start off at a wage in that ballpark. They should be thrown a bone though. Give em' a half a buck and move on.
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