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U.S. Fast Food Workers Strike Nationwide for $15/Hr

posted by CoolHand on Wednesday November 11 2015, @02:50AM   Printer-friendly
from the rise-of-the-proletariat dept.

Hundreds of fast food workers are striking nationwide Tuesday, joining other workers in pressing for a more livable wage. But while some say $15 is a minimum needed to survive, some business owners say dishing out more pay would leave them struggling to keep their doors open.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/fast-food-workers-strike-again-nationwide-for-15-an-hour

In New York City, rallies are being held in Harlem, the Financial District and Brooklyn in support of efforts to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, reports CBS New York.

In Los Angeles, the local protests are organized by Service Employees International Union, and include fast-food, home-care and child-care workers, along with other "underpaid" employees, reports CBS Los Angeles.

"Is this the America we believe in? When someone works all day long and they still can't get by," New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said during an early-morning rally in Downtown Brooklyn. "Does anyone believe that it's easy to get by in New York City on less than $15 an hour?"

Critics say a $15 minimum wage would obliterate opportunity and usher in higher taxes, but de Blasio said the opposite is true -- with more money to spend, low wage workers contribute more to the economy.

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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday November 11 2015, @03:50AM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday November 11 2015, @03:50AM (#261580) Journal

    Interesting. I'm an asocial person. I can take or leave the employee, but I generally put up with him/her because he's got to make a living somehow.

    Having a preference for the machine seems anti-social to me. That is, you want your wants and needs met, but to hell with the wants and needs of anyoen else.

    Social people, on the other hand, would much rather deal with a person.

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by frojack on Wednesday November 11 2015, @04:16AM

    by frojack (1554) on Wednesday November 11 2015, @04:16AM (#261593) Journal

    Agreed.
    The older I get the easier it is to put up with the kid taking my order, having trouble with the cash register, forgetting the ketchup.
    They are only newbies once, and a few kind words gets them past the moment. I got no beef with newbies. I was one many times over my life.

    They are there working. They are trying. Cut them some slack.

    You'll get better service on your next visit.

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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 11 2015, @04:24AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 11 2015, @04:24AM (#261595)

    What do you expect? "I got mine...fuck you!" is the mission statement of the Tea Party specifically and the Right in general.