Fast Food 'Strikes' Just a Front for Massive Union Organizing Campaign

[preachinjesus]

How is $15/hour a livable wage?

It is far beyond a livable wage. Frankly, and any decent economist will affirm this, you can raise your base wage up but that will only provide a short term fix. Corresponding price increases, worked out over the next 9-18 months, will effectively negate this wage raise.

So, cranking the basic wage to $15/hour, which is the demand of these groups, will provide them with more money in their pockets initially, but after a longer term will end up not helping.

The larger question is, how are these people still in the same jobs paying the same wages after 6-9 months? How are they not getting merit based raises? Why are they not pursuing other employment opportunities?

Now there are some answers to this from several sides, but we need to be encouraging these folks to find better employment and work hard to gain higher wages. Demanding these companies suddenly shift their base wage to $15/hour is unacceptable.

Part of a competitive marketplace is the ability to find better employment if you are not meeting your needs. Of course, behind all of this, is a massive societal issue that we simply refuse to address as a people.

 

[Crabtownboy]

How is $15/hour a livable wage?

It is far beyond a livable wage. Frankly, and any decent economist will affirm this, you can raise your base wage up but that will only provide a short term fix. Corresponding price increases, worked out over the next 9-18 months, will effectively negate this wage raise.

They why not cut everyone's wage to the minimum wage and prices will come down and everyone will be better off ... at least according to your logic in your reply.

 

[Revmitchell]

There really are not that many employees crying about a higher wage in the fastfood industry. This is all a contrived outrage created by the SEIU. Nothing more than the unions working behind the scenes to create a controversy where there is none.

 

[thisnumbersdisconnected]

There really are not that many employees crying about a higher wage in the fastfood industry. This is all a contrived outrage created by the SEIU. Nothing more than the unions working behind the scenes to create a controversy where there is none.

... as exemplified that over 60% of the participants at the "demonstrations" are not fast-food restaurant employees, but member of other unions!

 

[Aaron]

You're feedin' the commie. Stop it.

 

[Bro. James]

Who is responsible for the e-coli in the hamburger meat?

Henry Ford still made a lot of money after giving his workers a $5.00/hr raise.
Henry hated unions. Note: there are unions in the world of white collar--not garment sweatshops--pilots, teachers, etal have had to unionize. Union contracts are not made among gentlemen.

All media hype notwithstanding, the problem is still with stockholders/management, profit margins and just plain old love of money. The bottom of the food chain always gets the brunt--which is an incentive to work up out of it--for those with the drive and desire to move up. There are many stuck at the bottom because they are not programmed for hard work--a fringe benefit of the welfare state. This is a just recompense of reward for slavery and other forms of exploitation--a situation of which the body politic seems to be oblivious.

Back to burgers--what is really scary is to see the guy with the restroom mop in one hand flipping burgers with the other hand.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

Bro. James