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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: 3, Insightful) by VLM on Wednesday November 11 2015, @02:21PM
That's because they treat their employees inhumanely and want them to act like predictable robots saying the same stuff to produce a commodity product. Its a hell of an awful way for a human to live. So replacing them with an app or a robot won't change your interaction, at least from the MBA perspective.
"Real service providers" know what you want and make it your way. Not like a cheesy commercial. I go to my local flakey granola hippie health food store for the smoothie, not for the witty marxist banter, but because the lady behind the counter knows what I like in a smoothie and she makes it just right. Yes I know smoothies are just a carb punch to the gut but F it if I'm going to eat something unhealthy it will be something that tastes extremely good. This would make a business exec at McDonalds shit a brick because he's in the business of selling identical commodities not custom products. I don't think you can replace the smoothie lady with an app.
(Score: 2) by Joe Desertrat on Wednesday November 11 2015, @07:03PM
I don't think you can replace the smoothie lady with an app.
Unfortunately, too many people now, if they do not demand, at least expect the convenience and speed of an app. It is going beyond fast food as well, with people even being able to order their food before they get to a restaurant. I suppose the old fashion social interactions are gone anyway, just look at how many people sit in a restaurant staring at their phones...