The Service Employees International Union, which represents more than 2 million workers in health care, janitorial and other industries, has been providing financial support and training for local organizers in the fast-food strikes around the country.
Is anyone else sick to death of the political ju-jitsu and slight of hand practiced by the community organizer. We're being subjected to this nonsense while Barry dithers his way into another middle eastern war.
If they unionize and get $15.00 I will never eat at a McDonalds ever again I don’t think I would be able to afford it.
Jobs in low-wage industries have led the economic recovery.
Am I wrong or did we hear all through the Bush years (even during Bush I and Reagan), that their economies and low unemployment rates were all because ,"The jobs being created are all burger flippers and Wal-Mart greeters".
Now they want us to cheer The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayres on this so called "recovery".
Can’t wait to see how big their protests will be when they’re all fired and replaced with robots
And like some of the other FReepers have already said, I will not patronize a union fast-food place. No sir. Commies.
I suppose Mr. Ryan Carter regularly sits in on business deals with billionaires and knows how hard they work. Sure, I bet all billionaires never took any risks or worked very hard for their money. Maybe Carter can be charitable and donate more of his money to the unfortunates. (snicker)
Almost to a person, in every protest, the ‘protesters’ are not employees of the location where the protest is at, almost every single one isn’t involved in fast food service, and all of them desperately want to nail the paychecks of these ‘poor’ people. Because if those employees think they are poor now, try after the union gets ahold of them.
Oh, and none of it actually has to do with better working conditions (American fast food is probably the easiest of food operations to be in), better hours (well, yes, part time, but thank Obama and the other nanny staters who have required benefits for full time workers...), vacations (why yes, you too can not get paid for public holidays rather than enjoying the time and a half you had before), etc.
Worst would be if some restaurant caved and gave the whole shop away, platinum health care (actually, minimal health care, but the union collects the fees as if it were better...), loads of days off, higher wages, full time employment (bye bye college jobs) and an end to quick turnover in the food industry.
OH! Right, see, that’s the thing. Due to turn over, most food service jobs see three employees per year. With unions, it will be one per decade. That’s 29 job opportunities lost for worse service, VASTLY higher prices, and lowered quality.
Yep, yep, enjoy that dollar coffee while you advocate for a $5 cup instead, morons...
It's that simple.
Anyone know if ‘In ‘N Out’ was struck - ?
I’m thinkng no - they are very good to their employees.
The difference between what people say and what they actually do:
"They work harder than the billionaires in this city," he said. But Carter said he didn't plan to stop his regular trips to McDonald's.
Fact is this, soon they’ll all be self order and self pay like the checkout at Kroger. Not only that, I believe soon all the fast food jobs will soon be automated. Almost like walking up to a vending machine press #1 and everything else is automated.
This is a gimmick. Labor pricing is determined by the market. Let’s see we are a year and a half away from elections. What do Democrats always do about now?
Yes, that’s it. Desperately search for an issue to galvanize their disparate constituencies against conservative changes to their gravy train.
Remember the OWS or 99% movements? Where are they now?
Reborn as these goofs.
Good. This will finally push the level of mechanization to where it should have been years ago in food service. Starting with the cashiers—they use a touch screen to take my order, so can I. The fewer people touching my food on the way to my tray, the better.
Most of those people protesting are not fast food workers. The storyline is they walked off the job. No one is wearing a uniform. These people are union goons bussed from protest to protest. And the media gives them credence.