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Posted on 12/04/2013 6:21:51 PM PST by grundle
A top executive at White Castle cooked up a spicy retort on Wednesday to calls by some fast-food workers to raise the minimum wage to $15 a hour from $7.25, arguing such an increase would force the hamburger chain to close nearly half of its locations and lay off thousands of workers.
"To more than double the federally mandated starting wage wouldn't be bad for White Castle, it would be absolutely catastrophic," Jamie Richardson, vice president of White Castle, told CNBC's "Closing Bell" on Wednesday.
Such an increase would force the closure of more than 200 of its 406 locations across the United States, Richardson said, with any remaining locations "glowing embers. They would be dying stars."
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I think Fox pays Bob Beckel to make stupid, nonsensical comments. Otherwise, there would be no opposing viewpoint.
Job fairs will be held at all those properties five minutes after the strike starts...bring your resumes!
Stop thinking tactics, thing strategy. The most dangerous thing against the conservative movement isn't the liberals, it is the fact that most conservatives think very short term.
I can buy microwavable frozen White Castle burgers which taste about the same as the ones I get at the drive-thru window. They could fire everybody, and install burger vending machines at convenience stores.
Nah. The government will just give them more free s#!t and convince them to blame the evil corporations and capitalism. The only thing that will get their attention is when they find themselves in the boxcars to the gulag. Then they can blame it all on George Bush.
"... oh, if only Stalin knew then he would stop this injustice...!"
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Hear, hear!
They don’t show for scheduled work, fire them. If they aren’t scheduled to work but participate in these illegal strikes against their employers, fire them. Should this nonsense continue, automate and eliminate the positions.
Am sick and tired of this union BS being used to destroy the country!
“Automation”
You are exactly right. They ALL lose their jobs.
Union agitators come in and say they can get you $15.00an hour. You are young and dumb ( if you weren't dumb you would be in college at Momma's expense.)you know little about Unions and that they will eventually get theirs back when they force you into the Union. What would you do?
In preparation for the firing that will follow—I suggest you scan the employees cars in your parking lot & target those with Obama stickers first!!!
Walk off the job and don’t bother showing up the next day.”””
IF I were running such a company, I would make sure that they understood in writing that any unexcused absences were immediate grounds for discharge. No second chances.
Honestly I scan for that before hiring. Don’t tell HR ok, shhhh.
What I can’t understand is why some progressive icon like Soros or Bill Gates doesn’t start an “ethical” fast food franchise and pay the counter employees $15/hr with gold plated benefits.
Wouldn’t all the Democrats flock to a place like that for a $10 burger?
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