Fast Food Workers Stage Strike, Demand Higher Minimal Wage.

[Confederate States 0f America]

Fast Food Workers Stage Strike, Demand Higher Minimal Wage.


http://m.usatoday.com/article/news/2597799
http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-76836322/
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/3670438

I just saw these articles claiming fast food workers are/have/will stage a massive walkout protesting the 7.35 minimal wage. They demand a $15 an hour minimal wage, which is a massive increase, being able to unionize without consequences and better working conditions.

Fortunately, I never had to work Fast Food in High School and College, though my job didn't pay too much better. Also I don't eat Fast Food anymore. I do feel for those who do have to work fast food but I believe $15 is too high, especially when a good percentage of Fast Food workers are high school age. If minimal wage does get increased to $15 an hour then, more than likely, goods and services will increase as well. This increase in minimal wage will affect those who make above minimal wage as their wages are not increasing but the price of living is.

Not to mention, this will give gas companies an excuse to raise prices as now they have to pay workers more, or so they will claim.

NSG, what are your opinions? Do you think the USA can handle a minimal wage increase to $15 an hour? While I would like to see minimal wage increase, $15 an hour is too much.

Also, for those who do work or eat Fast Food did this walkout actually occur?

http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2013/07/17/robots-fast-food-jobs/

[Hushabagain]

Fast Food Workers Stage Strike, Demand Higher Minimal Wage.


http://m.usatoday.com/article/news/2597799
http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-76836322/
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/3670438

I just saw these articles claiming fast food workers are/have/will stage a massive walkout protesting the 7.35 minimal wage. They demand a $15 an hour minimal wage, which is a massive increase, being able to unionize without consequences and better working conditions.

Fortunately, I never had to work Fast Food in High School and College, though my job didn't pay too much better. Also I don't eat Fast Food anymore. I do feel for those who do have to work fast food but I believe $15 is too high, especially when a good percentage of Fast Food workers are high school age. If minimal wage does get increased to $15 an hour then, more than likely, goods and services will increase as well. This increase in minimal wage will affect those who make above minimal wage as their wages are not increasing but the price of living is.

Not to mention, this will give gas companies am excuse to raise prices as now they have to pay workers more, or so they will claim.

NSG, what are your opinions? Do you think the USA can handle a minimal wage increase to $15 an hour? While I would like to see minimal wage increase, $15 an hour is too much.

Also, for those who do work or east Fast Food did this walkout actually occur?

$15 is way too much to ask and it would just about negate corporate profits and drive up the price of my artificially-cheap Big Mac. I think that $10/hr is a fairly safe number to agree on as a minimum wage.

[Olthar]

Not the precious corporate profits! Anything but that! Those millionaires and billionaires need that money! D:

Minimum wage should be enough for a family to live on. I'm not sure about the technicalities of what that entails, so I don't know if $15/hr is enough, too much, or too little, but I do know that $7.35/hr is too little.

[The Scientific States]

Glad they're striking, $7 an hour is very difficult to live on.

[Wisconsin9]

Not the precious corporate profits! Anything but that! Those millionaires and billionaires need that money! D:

Minimum wage should be enough for a family to live on. I'm not sure about the technicalities of what that entails, so I don't know if $15/hr is enough, too much, or too little, but I do know that $7.35/hr is too little.

Pretty much this.

[The United Soviet Socialist Republic]

That is fucking outrageous. Every single one of them should be fired.

[The Scientific States]

That is fucking outrageous. Every single one of them should be fired.

Really? I think you'd be pretty pissed off if you weren't getting fair wages.

[The United Soviet Socialist Republic]

That is fucking outrageous. Every single one of them should be fired.

Really? I think you'd be pretty pissed off if you weren't getting fair wages.

Demanding your wage doubled is outrageous enough without the union part.

Unions do nothing but encourage laziness.

[Gaelic Celtia]

As a fast food worker, i definitely agree wages should be higher, but not that absurdly high.

[Aethrys]

They probably intentionally asked too much so that they can "reluctantly" accept $10 per hour after negotiations.

Even if this happens, it's not going to be a win for the workers. Positions will be cut, and general expenses slashed in every possible way to make up for the dent in profit margins. I foresee fast food companies moving towards further automation.

[Olthar]

That is fucking outrageous. Every single one of them should be fired.

Yes! How dare they want to have enough money to pay this month's rent and eat at the same time! They should be fired for their arrogance!

[Divair]

Good, good.

[The Scientific States]

Really? I think you'd be pretty pissed off if you weren't getting fair wages.

Demanding your wage doubled is outrageous enough without the union part.

Unions do nothing but encourage laziness.

I'll admit $15 an hour for that kind of job is a little high.

Please don't spout bullshit claims about unions encouraging laziness. Nothing is wrong with people wanting fair wages for a better life.

[The United Soviet Socialist Republic]

That is fucking outrageous. Every single one of them should be fired.

Yes! How dare they want to have enough money to pay this month's rent and eat at the same time! They should be fired for their arrogance!

Demanding your wage doubled is fucking outrageous behavior.

[Mkuki]

I'd advocate for something higher, but $15 seems a hell of a lot better than $7.50.

[Geilinor]

I think $15 an hour is too high, but I'd support $9-$10. My state has a minimum wage of $9.19 an hour, and no, we have not collapsed into mass unemployment. Washington's unemployment rate is below 7%. It was slightly above the national average for a while, but it's back down now.

[Genivaria]

Really? I think you'd be pretty pissed off if you weren't getting fair wages.

Demanding your wage doubled is outrageous enough without the union part.

Unions do nothing but encourage laziness.

Yeah! And what have Unions ever done for us!?

[Aethrys]

Really? I think you'd be pretty pissed off if you weren't getting fair wages.

Demanding your wage doubled is outrageous enough without the union part.

Unions do nothing but encourage laziness.

You're right, collective bargaining has never caused any kinds of positive changes in the workplace, especially not improvements to health and safety standards, or forced corporate accountability for gross negligence. All hail president Ronald.

[Gauthier]

Really? I think you'd be pretty pissed off if you weren't getting fair wages.

Demanding your wage doubled is outrageous enough without the union part.

Unions do nothing but encourage laziness.

We all forget about how work was fair, productive and safe in the 19th century before those lazy union thugs came around.

[Saiwania]

The wages from fast food service aren't enough to live on, but fast food restaurants as they are currently, run off of a meager profit margin which makes it impossible to raise wages.

The only way would be to increase the price of the food items which could make it too expensive to where not enough people will purchase the fast food at the higher price. A fast food job is really only meant as a second job or for summer and not so much as a career, unless you move up to a management position or become a franchise owner.

[Olthar]

Yes! How dare they want to have enough money to pay this month's rent and eat at the same time! They should be fired for their arrogance!

Demanding your wage doubled is fucking outrageous behavior.

When your wage only pays for half of your expenses, doubling it is rather necessary.

[Genivaria]

I think $15 an hour is too high, but I'd support $9-$10. My state has a minimum wage of $9.19 an hour, and no, we have not collapsed into mass unemployment. Washington's unemployment rate is below 7%. It was slightly above the national average for a while, but it's back down now.

I'd settle for $9 myself. 2 more dollars per hour is definitely good enough for me when it's added up.

[Geilinor]

Yes! How dare they want to have enough money to pay this month's rent and eat at the same time! They should be fired for their arrogance!

Demanding your wage doubled is fucking outrageous behavior.

You can't be fired simply for going on a strike. That's illegal.

[Hathradic States]

Higher wages? yes. 15 a fucking hour? No.

[The Scientific States]

The wages from fast food aren't enough to live on, but fast food restaurants as they are currently, run off of a meager profit margin which makes it impossible to raise wages.

The only way would be to increase the price of the food items which could make it too expensive to where not enough people will purchase the fast food at the higher price. A fast food job is really only meant as a second job or for summer and not so much as a career, unless you move up to a management position or become a franchise owner.

Fast food restaurants meager profit margins? Yeah, no, fast food companies have a boatload of money.

Edit: Also a lot of fast food workers aren't there as a summer job, or a second job. No that pays for their living, so a raise would be a great thing.