Mon Jul 29, 2013, 11:17 PM
70 replies, 7567 views
 70 replies |
Author | Time | Post |
 US fast food workers walk out in organised strike against low wages (Original post) |
FreakinDJ | Jul 2013 | OP |
| rpannier | Jul 2013 | #1 | |
| Llewlladdwr | Jul 2013 | #2 | |
| FreakinDJ | Jul 2013 | #3 | |
| Llewlladdwr | Jul 2013 | #10 | |
| daleanime | Jul 2013 | #30 | |
| CreekDog | Jul 2013 | #52 | |
| Major Nikon | Jul 2013 | #4 | |
| Llewlladdwr | Jul 2013 | #11 | |
| alp227 | Jul 2013 | #15 | |
| Major Nikon | Jul 2013 | #21 | |
| Name removed | Jul 2013 | #41 | |
| Major Nikon | Jul 2013 | #42 | |
| Name removed | Jul 2013 | #43 | |
| Major Nikon | Jul 2013 | #44 | |
| Name removed | Jul 2013 | #48 | |
| Major Nikon | Jul 2013 | #66 | |
| Scootaloo | Jul 2013 | #22 | |
| Systematic Chaos | Jul 2013 | #7 | |
| Llewlladdwr | Jul 2013 | #13 | |
| alp227 | Jul 2013 | #16 | |
| Llewlladdwr | Jul 2013 | #18 | |
| ChazInAz | Jul 2013 | #23 | |
| limpyhobbler | Jul 2013 | #25 | |
| SunSeeker | Jul 2013 | #28 | |
| bread_and_roses | Jul 2013 | #36 | |
| bread_and_roses | Jul 2013 | #38 | |
| CreekDog | Jul 2013 | #55 | |
| Niceguy1 | Jul 2013 | #26 | |
| daleanime | Jul 2013 | #31 | |
| alp227 | Jul 2013 | #33 | |
| Systematic Chaos | Jul 2013 | #20 | |
| ForgoTheConsequence | Jul 2013 | #39 | |
| UglyGreed | Jul 2013 | #63 | |
| Omaha Steve | Jul 2013 | #12 | |
| Ash_F | Jul 2013 | #34 | |
| CreekDog | Jul 2013 | #50 | |
| Socal31 | Jul 2013 | #5 | |
| FreakinDJ | Jul 2013 | #6 | |
| Socal31 | Jul 2013 | #8 | |
| strategery blunder | Jul 2013 | #17 | |
| Socal31 | Jul 2013 | #24 | |
| PoliticAverse | Jul 2013 | #29 | |
| reformist2 | Jul 2013 | #9 | |
| Trillo | Jul 2013 | #27 | |
| limpyhobbler | Jul 2013 | #32 | |
| ForgoTheConsequence | Jul 2013 | #64 | |
| usGovOwesUs3Trillion | Jul 2013 | #14 | |
| mindwalker_i | Jul 2013 | #19 | |
| FreakinDJ | Jul 2013 | #35 | |
| ForgoTheConsequence | Jul 2013 | #40 | |
| Blasphemer | Jul 2013 | #68 | |
| One_Life_To_Give | Jul 2013 | #37 | |
| wordpix | Jul 2013 | #67 | |
| Brigid | Jul 2013 | #45 | |
| AngryOldDem | Jul 2013 | #46 | |
| Name removed | Jul 2013 | #47 | |
| Brigid | Jul 2013 | #49 | |
| Name removed | Jul 2013 | #53 | |
| Brigid | Jul 2013 | #56 | |
| AngryOldDem | Jul 2013 | #62 | |
| FreakinDJ | Jul 2013 | #51 | |
| Newest Reality | Jul 2013 | #54 | |
| Name removed | Jul 2013 | #57 | |
| Newest Reality | Jul 2013 | #58 | |
| Comrade Grumpy | Jul 2013 | #59 | |
| Comrade Grumpy | Jul 2013 | #60 | |
| Post removed | Jul 2013 | #61 | |
| UglyGreed | Jul 2013 | #65 | |
| ConcernedCanuk | Aug 2013 | #69 | |
| FreakinDJ | Aug 2013 | #70 |
Response to FreakinDJ (Original post)
Mon Jul 29, 2013, 11:20 PM
rpannier (23,958 posts)
1. Bout time Agreed 100%
Response to FreakinDJ (Original post)
Mon Jul 29, 2013, 11:26 PM
2. I'm not sure I understand what's going on here.
Response to Llewlladdwr (Reply #10)
Tue Jul 30, 2013, 04:40 PM
52. you're a resident conservative who posts a conservative opinion on it
Response to Llewlladdwr (Reply #2)
Mon Jul 29, 2013, 11:34 PM
Major Nikon (36,200 posts)
4. That's why they are going on strike
Response to Major Nikon (Reply #4)
Tue Jul 30, 2013, 12:04 AM
11. So, they do believe that they should be able to support a family on a part-time job?
Response to Llewlladdwr (Reply #11)
Tue Jul 30, 2013, 12:16 AM
alp227 (31,593 posts)
15. Do you realize some work those jobs FULL TIME now?
Response to Llewlladdwr (Reply #11)
Tue Jul 30, 2013, 01:09 AM
Major Nikon (36,200 posts)
21. Are you OK with the government subsidizing cheap labor via the social safety net?
Response to Name removed (Reply #41)
Tue Jul 30, 2013, 03:07 PM
Major Nikon (36,200 posts)
42. So what do you think unemployment insurance is for?
Response to Name removed (Reply #43)
Tue Jul 30, 2013, 03:38 PM
Major Nikon (36,200 posts)
44. Actually it wasn't where I was going
Response to Major Nikon (Reply #44)
Tue Jul 30, 2013, 11:08 PM
Major Nikon (36,200 posts)
66. I hate to say I told you so
Response to Llewlladdwr (Reply #2)
Mon Jul 29, 2013, 11:49 PM
7. They they should all just borrow their way through college, to get professional careers?
|
Never mind that they can barely afford to live as it is, and may end up missing half their classes due to the crazy schedules these McJobs force you to work.
We'll just make them debt slaves on top of wage slaves, and then they'll slide right into some professional job which likely won't even fucking exist anyway.  |
Response to Systematic Chaos (Reply #7)
Tue Jul 30, 2013, 12:10 AM
13. Perhaps they could learn a trade?
Response to Llewlladdwr (Reply #13)
Tue Jul 30, 2013, 12:18 AM
alp227 (31,593 posts)
16. Not everyone is capable of that.
Response to Llewlladdwr (Reply #18)
Tue Jul 30, 2013, 01:12 AM
ChazInAz (2,233 posts)
23. Not at all.
Response to Llewlladdwr (Reply #18)
Tue Jul 30, 2013, 01:34 AM
25. But somebody has to serve food. Somebody has to mop floors, stock shelves, answer phones,
Response to Llewlladdwr (Reply #18)
Tue Jul 30, 2013, 10:27 AM
38. Have you noticed the unemployment rate lately?
Response to Llewlladdwr (Reply #18)
Tue Jul 30, 2013, 04:45 PM
55. how does one get ahead if they are making a wage they can't live on?
Response to Niceguy1 (Reply #26)
Tue Jul 30, 2013, 03:49 AM
alp227 (31,593 posts)
33. Did you just say communist?
Response to Llewlladdwr (Reply #13)
Tue Jul 30, 2013, 12:35 AM
20. That would be all well and good, except for...
|
...the facts that it is possible to have gluts of tradespeople; many trades pay rather low now due to influxes of Mexican immigrants which were hired into a lot of positions for less than American citizens would take; and finally many of these people are in their 40s and up and working fast food because it's all they can find so they're too old for the military.
These problems will only be solved when we do two things. First and foremost we have got to re-work a huge percentage of the nation's infrastructure (which, for a time at least, would relieve any gluts of tradespeople). Second, our manufacturing base needs to be restored. Good luck with either of these.  |
Response to Llewlladdwr (Reply #2)
Tue Jul 30, 2013, 12:07 AM
Omaha Steve (92,544 posts)
12. McDonald's doesn't hire many FULL timers
Response to Llewlladdwr (Reply #2)
Tue Jul 30, 2013, 04:36 PM
50. you post conservative talking points and expect congratulations
|
please.
 |
Response to FreakinDJ (Original post)
Mon Jul 29, 2013, 11:38 PM
5. Part time fast-food labor is not meant to support a family.
|
It is meant as a stepping-stone to something more.
I'd rather see the money be put into educational programs to teach these workers a skill that is worth $15 per hour. On a side note, In-N-Out (West coast burger chain) was paying $10/hr 7+ years ago. However, I don't think they offer as many opportunities to people who did not learn English as their first language, if you get my drift. Anyone who has been inside one would understand. I was a cashier at McDonalds @ 15. Had to get a worker's permit....I believe I earned 5.75/hr, which was a very progressive minimum wage (1999). That bought the weed that I would smoke in the walk-in freezer.  |
Response to Socal31 (Reply #8)
Tue Jul 30, 2013, 12:21 AM
17. Fast food places survived and expanded in the 1960s
Response to strategery blunder (Reply #17)
Tue Jul 30, 2013, 02:01 AM
29. The Federal minimum wage in 1968 was $1.60. This translates to $10.74 in 2013.
Response to Socal31 (Reply #5)
Tue Jul 30, 2013, 12:00 AM
9. OK, but 40 hours of "part-time" labor per week had damned well better add up to a living wage.
Response to Socal31 (Reply #5)
Tue Jul 30, 2013, 01:47 AM
27. Stepping stones are mostly just corporate BS
Response to FreakinDJ (Original post)
Tue Jul 30, 2013, 12:12 AM
14. Good! I think they should get $20 an hour
|
if they are full-time
 |
Response to FreakinDJ (Reply #35)
Tue Jul 30, 2013, 10:45 AM
40. Its no wonder.
|
The Republicans have moved to the far right and the Democrats (some still think they're "liberal"
 have moved comfortable into the center-right. The amount of neo-liberal, anti worker, crap I read on here really astounds me. But it also made me realize why we're going backwards as a country. ALL of the republicans and a good chunk of the democrats don't give a shit about workers. |
Response to ForgoTheConsequence (Reply #40)
Wed Jul 31, 2013, 02:04 AM
68. Compare DU circa 2001 to DU today and it's a startling and depressing shift... nt
Response to FreakinDJ (Original post)
Tue Jul 30, 2013, 10:27 AM
37. Good $20/hr employees might boost profits
Response to One_Life_To_Give (Reply #37)
Tue Jul 30, 2013, 11:13 PM
67. $20/hr. employees still does not give a customer good fast food
Response to FreakinDJ (Original post)
Tue Jul 30, 2013, 03:46 PM
45. For the naysayers, let me try putting it this way:
Response to Name removed (Reply #47)
Tue Jul 30, 2013, 04:33 PM
49. Shitting all over low-wage workers.
|
Great idea.
|
Response to Name removed (Reply #53)
Tue Jul 30, 2013, 04:51 PM
56. "Multitude of opportunities?" Really?
|
Where have you been for the past several years?
 |
Response to Name removed (Reply #53)
Tue Jul 30, 2013, 05:49 PM
62. In most cases, those are the only jobs out there.
Response to Name removed (Reply #47)
Tue Jul 30, 2013, 04:44 PM
54. Don't you think your leanings are
Response to Comrade Grumpy (Reply #60)
Tue Jul 30, 2013, 06:10 PM
65. LMFAO
|
Spot on Grumpy spot on!!!!
 |
