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Single Mom Takes On McDonald’s in Wage Fight [instead of getting better job skills and a husband]
yahoo.com ^ | December 17, 2014 | Elise Solé

Posted on 12/17/2014 2:53:48 PM PST by grundle

She’s a mom on a mission. A single mother-of-two from the Los Angeles neighborhood of South Central recently went on strike against her employer McDonald’s. Maribel makes $9.35 per hour working as a server but that’s not enough to support her family (she shares a home with 10 other people including her children, grandmother, and niece). “I need fifteen to buy my babies diapers, their wipies, their clothes,” she explains. “Its hard with nine dollars per hour — you can’t do that. It’s really hard to pay rent.”

On December 4, Maribel, along with a large group seeking $15 per hour and union rights for fast food workers, picketed a McDonald’s location in downtown Los Angeles. “It’s really exciting going inside my own store,” she says before leading a group of chanting protesters inside. Maribel was not alone in her efforts — that day, fast food workers walked off the job in more then 150 cities across the country.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: entitlementculture; latin; mcdonalds; minimumwage
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To: tflabo

61 posted on 12/17/2014 4:02:42 PM PST by jonrick46 (The opium of Communists: other people's money.)
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To: hal ogen

Ha, if that happens, she can cry about literally being replaced by an iPad...


62 posted on 12/17/2014 4:03:14 PM PST by W. (If government could truly create jobs communism would have worked the first time it was implemented.)
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To: kearnyirish2

I think Mickey Ds made their bones on cheap food. I have heard they will streamline their menu. When I’m driving I like the double small fries and small drink. All on the discount memo.


63 posted on 12/17/2014 4:06:03 PM PST by morphing libertarian (Defund , sue, impeach. Overturn Obamacare, amnesty.)
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To: eyeamok
"She is the reason I almost NEVER eat at fast food places, especially McDonald’s."

Not to mention the quality of their food has diminished over the years. Since they changed the oil they cook their fries in, they taste more like cardboard than potatoes. They used to have the best fries, now they're the worst.

64 posted on 12/17/2014 4:06:23 PM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: grundle

The high school student she replaced will be glad to come back onboard if she quits for good. Those positions at Mickey D’s used to be manned by part-time students working for experience and chump change, not bread winners raising families.

Maybe she’s just ticked because her shift manager is still in high school and makes more than her.


65 posted on 12/17/2014 4:06:57 PM PST by Texicanus (Texas, it's a whole 'nother country.)
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To: Kozak

My apologies, I just noticed you specifically said SEIU, I know nothing about SEIU.


66 posted on 12/17/2014 4:07:51 PM PST by Graybeard58 (1Timothy, 5: For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus)
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To: morphing libertarian

Price is critical to me; I’d go to a nearby BK at lunchtime with my own bottle of soda, and buy a small burger, fries and chicken nuggets. I’d be full for $3.21 (including taxes).


67 posted on 12/17/2014 4:08:22 PM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: grundle

Single mother of two...I suppose we owe her for that too. Next time I buy anything at “mickey-dees” she can have my onions.


68 posted on 12/17/2014 4:09:08 PM PST by pfflier
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To: LostInBayport
Companies cannot give in to this “living wage” nonsense.

And there is another side as well, and that is the DEMAND side. IF every employee is required to have a so-called living wage, how does the business make a profit?

The economically ignorant do not realize a business MUST make a profit or it will die. I've even had Leftist tell me they don't have to make "obscene profits", which they cannot quantify what that is, except they KNOW that ExxonMobil, Apple, Microsoft, EVERY defense company, etc., make these horrible kinds of profits.

So in a world of their making, people getting this living wage will find the price of things quickly outpacing their additional income. It will balance out, and they still will be as poor as the day they didn't make enough.

And the businesses! Well, if they survive, things will cost more, but more likely places like McDonalds, etc., will just close down where people don't have $10 to spend on a hamburger. As more businesses go belly up, the economy sours and the government collects less revenue. Soon the government doesn't have enough to pay welfare recipient's a living anything. They riot, burn up cities, and kill each other, and hopefully not any innocent people, but it sure would be nice to see some vent their rage against, say, professors' housing at the prestigious Left wing universities, and at the well-to-do higher up government employees' and politicians abodes.

One can hope.

69 posted on 12/17/2014 4:09:15 PM PST by Alas Babylon!
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To: kearnyirish2

I think lot of places offer discount. I can go to El Pollo Loco and get a great chicken salad tostado for 4.95 out the door, senior discount included. They have a lot pot healthy items and the taste is good.


70 posted on 12/17/2014 4:10:01 PM PST by morphing libertarian (Defund , sue, impeach. Overturn Obamacare, amnesty.)
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To: Kozak

She is an idiot union pay in the food service industry is EXACTLY what
she is making an hour!!!!!! So I guess she wants union dues to be taken
from her 9.35 an hour, wait till she finds out it is ALSO $275.00 to be FORCED to be in the union CA. is NOT a right to work state!!!! Such
morons ALL of them!!!


71 posted on 12/17/2014 4:10:44 PM PST by Kit cat (OBummer must go)
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To: grundle

Every time I felt I needed more money I either worked more hours (overtime) or got more skills and moved up. Boy what a sucker I was.


72 posted on 12/17/2014 4:13:40 PM PST by verga (You anger Catholics by telling them a lie, you anger protestants by telling them the truth.)
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To: morphing libertarian

Either McD’s former customers are going to those places, or like me they are simply bringing their own lunch to work (to cope with the “new normal” economy). My family used to order pizza every couple of weeks (on payday), and would stop for fast food if we were travling on a day trip; those days are over (and probably won’t be back here in the northeast). Income now is reserved for groceries, gasoline, and property taxes.


73 posted on 12/17/2014 4:15:44 PM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: grundle

She can’t make it on 9.35 an hour, but that kid working beside her doing the same job can. Did McDonalds knock her up? I have never gone into a McDonalds where there was no one to take my order or someone to cook the food, so evidently there are people willing to work at the wage offered. McDonalds is in business to make a profit. I think those stores are franchises which means the owner had to invest a lot of capital. What % return is he getting on that investment? Does this single mom know or care?


74 posted on 12/17/2014 4:17:05 PM PST by Starstruck (If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
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To: grundle

Maybe she should have thought about expenses before having 8 kids.

Can mom work? Niece?

How big is her TV and what year is her car?

STFU.


75 posted on 12/17/2014 4:18:24 PM PST by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: grundle

Title of article: +1...lol


76 posted on 12/17/2014 4:23:55 PM PST by steel_resolve (And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm)
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To: kearnyirish2

My wife is a pro shopper we get a lot of deals. We can still eat out when we want.

Best wishes


77 posted on 12/17/2014 4:24:08 PM PST by morphing libertarian (Defund , sue, impeach. Overturn Obamacare, amnesty.)
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To: morphing libertarian

Thanks; FRegards!


78 posted on 12/17/2014 4:27:31 PM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Sooth2222
Chick-fil-A. The employee turnover is a fraction of other fast food chains.

The food is better, and better for you. And the wait staff is a lot friendlier.

We have five guys burgers down here and for the same amount of money I get better food and a more pleasant dining experience.

79 posted on 12/17/2014 4:28:20 PM PST by verga (You anger Catholics by telling them a lie, you anger protestants by telling them the truth.)
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To: Sooth2222
Chick-fil-A. The employee turnover is a fraction of other fast food chains.

Chick-fil-A pays more. A Chick-fil-A opened here a year ago. Their starting pay for new employees is $10.50/hour. The employees at our local Chick-fil-A seem to be much higher quality than at the local McDonalds. The cost for feeding my family at Chick-fil-A is higher than McDonalds, but the food is better and the experience is just more pleasant.

Another restaurant chain with a similar philosophy is In-N-Out. Customers will pay more for a Double-Double, enough to support a higher wage for the employees.

I don't think customers will be willing to pay enough for a Big Mac to support paying the McDonalds employees more money.

80 posted on 12/17/2014 4:34:20 PM PST by jeannineinsd
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