Support the Fast Food Workers Strike!

Mott the Hoople said:
That's bullshit. Show me the data to defend that assumption. I defy you.

In fact the exact opposite is true. Because those people are at the low end of the economic scale they spend that money and that money actually circulates and grows the economy. Now that's a fact supported by data and not a false assumption like you just stated.

http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/cepr-blog/the-minimum-wage-and-economic-growth
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But this assumes that there is enough demand to absorb the price hike. It's possible that raising prices will result in lower demand and lower revenues.
 
Socrtease said:
At that point in time, minimum wage was about 3.25 an hour. I made 65 per day working as a simple deck hand on the boat, 28 days on, 14 days off. We got paid 32.50 a day for our days off not to exceed 14 days. After 6 month I was a tankerman and loaded and unloaded petrochemicals and got paid 75 per day and 37.50 for 14 off days. I loaded Cyclohexane, Tolulene Alcohol etc. They fed us and gave us a clothing allowance. Christmas bonuses were two weeks pay and yearly bonuses were one months pay. We also had the use of an apartment owned by the company in New Orleans on Magazine above a clothing shop. It was pretty good for a while.
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So not sure why you're comparing that to a worker at a fast food place who would be make a lot less than you and didn't get the benefits you listed.

Glad you got compensated decently for it.
 
they can raise the price and people will still do micky Ds.


I care more about the people than I do some fucking corp anyway.

They can NOT raise the price and cut back the top CEOS pay.

they will still be earning a living wage huh
 
Steelplate said:
Can a person off the street with no experience get the food out in a timely and efficient manner....according to the Customer's Expectations?
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On my first day I worked the grill cooking literally thousands of patties with my "training" consisting of one guy showing it to me during the downtime when I got in, maybe 10 minutes, then during the next downtime they began showing me how to assemble the sandwiches. The next day I was assembling sandwiches. In about a week I was working every position in the store during dinner rush.

Yeah, a person off the street with no experience can actively participate as they meet customer's expectation.
 
Mott the Hoople said:
That's very true but it's also beside the point. It's their right to negotiate for their conditions of employment. Not to mention I have absolutely no problem with a Big Mac costing $20.
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Have I ever said they didn't have a right to negotiate a higher salary? So long as they have leverage let them negotiate. The thread isn't about that, the thread is about making laws rather than having them negotiate a better salary.

When I left McDonald's I made far over the minimum... I was part of the closing team, a "lead", etc. However they were never going to pay enough and I got a job troubleshooting computers that paid still more.
 
Steelplate said:
In the OP...I believe that the cost was $.68/Big Mac, and that was giving similar raises from the CEO on down to the newbie.

Of course, I can't verify the accuracy of that statement...
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You make a good point. An increase in the minimum wage won't raise prices. Why?

a.) Corporations can afford it.
b.) They will, or risk becoming less competitive.
 
Darla said:
No Annie, trust me, I well understand that there exists a large number of beaten down Americans who have been taught to be "grateful" for their scraps. Without people like you, this whole thing doesn't work.

The day you lose your feelings of gratitude is the day they hope never comes. They also work very hard to ensure that it does not happen.
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wow to hear you talk, every blue collar job in america sucks, and you should get paid 30+k per year. Hell if they did that it would be easier to get into college. All the people going to work for McD's and other blue collar jobs.
 
Socrtease said:
wow to hear you talk, every blue collar job in america sucks, and you should get paid 30+k per year. Hell if they did that it would be easier to get into college. All the people going to work for McD's and other blue collar jobs.
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Blue collar jobs don't suck by definition at all. What have we done to the blue collar job, is my point.
 
evince said:
How about what we have done to the ability to get a degree?
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Do you still live in a world where EVERYONE can go to college? That is a fantasy. Not everyone is equipped for college or even wants to go, and those that do, how many never complete?
 
Socrtease said:
Do you still live in a world where EVERYONE can go to college? That is a fantasy. Not everyone is equipped for college or even wants to go, and those that do, how many never complete?
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I don't. I am a big proponent of vocational training, and spending money to find the kids who college is not right for, and teaching them a trade they are good at, and also working with them to try and discover the trade they might have a natural talent for.

But that doesn't change the fact that for those kids who college is right for, we need it to be affordable and realistic, and not keep moving in the direction of having two classes; the class that can afford to send their kids to college, and the class that can't.
 
Howey said:
This week fast food workers around the nation are striking to make notice of the horrible pay they receive.



Nobody can survive on $7.25 an hour and contrary to misguided belief of some idiots on here, the average age of the fast food worker is 29 and a half years. In other words, they're not just snot-nosed high schoolers anymore. They're increasingly single working moms, the elderly and displaced workers.



We need to increase the minimum wage. No, we don't need to increase it, we need to double it.

Here's an incredible fact:

If the salary of every McDonald's minimum wage employee - and the CEO - was doubled, yes doubled, the effect on the price of a Big Mac would be a whopping 68 cents.

I don't eat fast food crap but to know that by paying 68 cents more for a Big Mac would ensure a living wage for that single mom with kids or elderly woman off food stamps it would be worth it.
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That's because laws pushed by lefties like you make it impossible for these establishments to hire kids only over charges of discrimination.
 
Voted4Reagan said:
The MINIMUM WAGE is not supposed to be a LIVING WAGE.
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understood. but with "McJobs" becoming more of the norm.
Put it this way, workers are getting reduced hours, the corporations are holding onto wealth. Get a job, you work more for less , etc.

Problem is pandemic. I have no answers just an observed thought that something is amiss.
 
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