California fast-food workers launch new union: ‘They have to listen to us’

The Guardian (UK) ^ | Fri 9 Feb 2024 | Michael Sainato

[R_Kangel]

"California fast-food workers launch new union: ‘They have to listen to us"

..... Now that the Fast Food Workers have basically priced themselves out of a job ..... The first order of the Union will be to minimize or even halt the cost saving Automation intended to replace the fast-food workers jobs which will then, in turn, force the employers to further replace the workers with more automated machines.

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[SauronOfMordor]

Employers don’t need to listen to you for longer than it takes to automate your job.

[where's_the_Outrage?]

There was a time when White teens used to do these jobs

It seems to me that a FF restaurant will promote a black manager and soon all the employees are black. Probably just my imagination.

[SauronOfMordor]

For middle class white teens, these jobs were for pocket money while still in school, not a career.

[dfwgator]

It’s also why college graduates, who never worked those summer jobs are so ill-prepared for their first jobs in the real world.

[Vendome]

Angelica Hernandez, who has worked at McDonald’s for 19 years???

I worked at McD while I was in college and then I got a real job where I didn’t smell like the food I was making that shift....

BTW, Tootz. You are going to price fast food off the menu for most of us and robots will replace your jobs

Win win...

[TornadoAlley3]

Travelers on long road trips with kids pay the price. Lots of sports teams stop the bus there after road games headed home. I don’t know why anyone else would.

[Bigg Red]

Those food ordering kiosks are ready to take over your jobs.

[SauronOfMordor]

Some years ago, one of my kids got a McD job. Most co workers were black, unfriendly, and there because they weren’t smart enough to get anything better.

My kid didn’t last long in that environment.

[Allegra]

There was a time when White teens used to do these jobs and did a great job. Never complained about the pay, was always on-time and didn't call in a lot.

I was one of ‘em. Almost all of my friends were. We managed to work our part-time jobs while maintaining our school and extracurricular activity schedules. Some of us even had lucrative baby-sitting gigs as well.

[PGR88]

They’ve destroyed everything else.

The only place they have left is fast food

Of course, they’ve unionized government and are totally safe there.

[dfwgator]

I always thought there should be a lower minimum wage for folks under 18 to encourage companies to hire teenage workers.

[moovova]

What good little future democrats.

[Leaning Right]

There’s a store near me that hired an Arab manager about six months ago. I visited it last week. Besides the Arab manager, there were four employees in the store. Three out of the four employees were Arab.

I was a bit surprised by that, given that I live in an old mill town and not in Saudi Arabia.

Anyway, my question: When are they going to get around to firing that lone white guy?

[dfwgator]

When I was in High School, only losers didn’t have jobs.

[linMcHlp]

September 5, 2022

Gov. Newsom Signs Legislation to Unionize CA’s 556,000 Fast Food Workers

Governor Gavin Newsom and the state’s legislative Democrats just gave a whopper of a gift to the SEIU labor union – Gov. Gavin Newsom just signed Assembly Bill 257 by Assemblyman Chris Holden (D-Los Angeles), to unionize the state’s 556,000 fast-food workers fast food workers.

To gin up the SEIU’s latest union-member recruitment, fast food workers have been protesting wages, hours and safety at the State Capitol.

California is about to become the first state in the country to unionize fast food employees by expanding state government to create a new Fast Food Council within the Department of Industrial Relations to set minimum health, safety and employment standards across the California fast food industry – even though every business in California operates under health, safety and employment standards set by state and local laws.

The state effectively making the fast food workers to be state employees.

[Billthedrill]

They should definitely strike for higher pay right away. $100 an hour ought to do it. Heck, $200. It’s the land of social experiments, after all. This one ought to be hilarious.

[DennisR]

Bought a Wendy’s cheeseburger and fries the other night. Paid about $9.50 for it. Yikes! Thanks, JoeJoe.

[T.B. Yoits]

Now that the Fast Food Workers have basically priced themselves out of a job ..... The first order of the Union will be to minimize or even halt the cost saving Automation intended to replace the fast-food workers jobs which will then, in turn, force the employers to further replace the workers with more automated machines.

This appears to be the way to raise salaries to encourage employers to hire illegal aliens under the table.

[Secret Agent Man]

There will be a lot more minorities and women unemployed due to this.