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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.
(Score: 2) by black6host on Wednesday November 11 2015, @07:05AM
What, you've never pissed up? Damn, I thought that was something everybody tried at some point in their life. Either young or drunk... It's like writing your name in the snow :)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 11 2015, @07:27AM
My mom shot a picture of me once, back arched backward, pissing a neat arch right over my head.
I guess I was three or four.
Gee, I wish I could still do that.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by LoRdTAW on Wednesday November 11 2015, @12:38PM
That's one hell of a classy mum you got.