Posted on 07/29/2013 6:23:42 AM PDT by SES1066
... Workers at the nation’s best known fast-food restaurants in seven cities across America are planning to walk off the job Monday to protest what they say are wages that are too low to live on. In a move orchestrated with the help of powerful labor unions and clergy groups, the workers plan to strike for a day to demand their wages be doubled. ... The workers are calling for wages of $15 per hour, more than double New York's current minimum wage of $7.25.
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What the “struck shops” should do is raise their prices or put up signage showing how much items would cost if that took effect.
If we got rid of MW laws, we might also get rid of (small) businesses hiring illegals and illegal migration woukd dry up.
This is never mentioned in illegal alien discussions but must be.
I despise these arrogant people thinking they are owed much increased wage because they have worked there for years.
Sorry, your job is menial. It is not the equivalent of machining steel, building circuit boards or designing any of them. You should not think you need to make as much as they .
No need to change the minimum wage. The government already subsidizes low-wage jobs with food stamps, Medicaid and housing help. Probably other benefits, too.
I work with people who make about 150 percent of minimum wage and are still eligible for assistance.
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