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HenryChinaski

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Isn't this old news, or are they trying again.
 
If they are smart, every fast food joint impacted will have already sent out notices that failure to show for an assigned shift will result in a termination.
 
I expect this time will be as ineffectual as the last time. In a pinch most fast food places can stay open just by pulling together their shift management staff.
 
I hope you paid yourself the pro-rated equivalent of $15.00/hr for your effort. Otherwise you're just exploiting yourself.

I packed three lunches today, maybe I need to start charging for my services instead of letting my family exploit me. Them peanut butter sandwiches don't make themselves. Should I go on strike?



Now give me some support here before a certain someone tells me it's just my womanly job to do it! :mrgreen:
 
I wonder if these people realize that if they're successful, many of them are out of jobs -- not because the chains can't afford it, but because for $15 an hour, they won't be settling for THEM anymore.

Excellent point. At $15 an hour they can do a little better than the dropout working for beer money.
 
I packed three lunches today, maybe I need to start charging for my services instead of letting my family exploit me. Them peanut butter sandwiches don't make themselves. Should I go on strike?



Now give me some support here before a certain someone tells me it's just my womanly job to do it! :mrgreen:

He'll no
We won't make a cuppa joe
Hell no
I won't peel that potato
 
$15 is too much for flipping burgers especially when many skilled trades start off at a wage in that ballpark. They should be thrown a bone though. Give em' a half a buck and move on.
 
Here in Nevada a couple of years back, McDonalds held a hiring event where over 3,000 applicants applied for stores. All fast food places have to do is hold such events to replace the people that walk off.
 
I wonder if these people realize that if they're successful, many of them are out of jobs -- not because the chains can't afford it, but because for $15 an hour, they won't be settling for THEM anymore.

And... Automation. Many of these firms are looking into and beginning automation for ordering, paying and cooking. The only job that will be left is the person that gets the order together and hands the bag to the customer. This could cut the number of employees by as much as 80%. In other words, these people are trying to get 80% of their jobs replaced by computers.

I really like your point though. If a company has to pay $15.00 and hour, the work force available opens up to a hell of a lot of people that are dramatically more qualified and capable than the unskilled hoard that's trying to extort the companies now.

Maybe if they succeed, they will loose their jobs, get replaced by better people, and my damned order will be correct for once.
 
I packed three lunches today, maybe I need to start charging for my services instead of letting my family exploit me. Them peanut butter sandwiches don't make themselves. Should I go on strike?



Now give me some support here before a certain someone tells me it's just my womanly job to do it! :mrgreen:
You don't have to take that crap. Strike! I'm right behind you. Over here. No. Waaay back here. Just tell all involved that my refusal to support the powers of oppression are tacit support for you, and I will fight right down to the last smear of peanut butter. And tell those crumb crunchers that rent is going up, too.
 
If your "skill" is the ability to make a sandwich, operate a cash register, keep and area clean and dip frozen stuff in hot grease then you must stop and think "am I the best qualified person to do this job?". Once the pay rate is raised then the competition for those positions increases, attracting better skilled, more experienced and more dependable applicants. Will these first job seekers then be selected/retained, above those with more skills/education?
 
$15 is too much for flipping burgers especially when many skilled trades start off at a wage in that ballpark. They should be thrown a bone though. Give em' a half a buck and move on.

That makes no sense at all. If the current wage, often above the minimum wage, is able to attract (and retain) qualified workers then it is, by definition, sufficient.
 
I wonder if these people realize that if they're successful, many of them are out of jobs -- not because the chains can't afford it, but because for $15 an hour, they won't be settling for THEM anymore.

I kind of hope they are successful so that I can ask for a raise. I only make $12.50, so if burger flippers get $15, someone who tests software should be worth at least as much...
 
That makes no sense at all. If the current wage, often above the minimum wage, is able to attract (and retain) qualified workers then it is, by definition, sufficient.

Of course a lot of people that work these jobs still don't make enough to get off of public assistance. It could be a big relief on the welfare rolls.
 
That makes no sense at all. If the current wage, often above the minimum wage, is able to attract (and retain) qualified workers then it is, by definition, sufficient.
Maybe you're right. Reduce their wages by 50 cents, that'll show em':lamo
 
Of course a lot of people that work these jobs still don't make enough to get off of public assistance. It could be a big relief on the welfare rolls.
That respite from welfare rolls will be very short-lived. Understand, if foundational wages increase, the cost of all other things will eventually increase as a result - it only takes a little bit of time for the ripple through the economy to undo what has been done.
 
Of course a lot of people that work these jobs still don't make enough to get off of public assistance. It could be a big relief on the welfare rolls.

Gov't creates a problem ("welfare" exceeds a low skilled person's working income) so now we need to force employers to pay more for that low skilled worker? Yep, that will make more folks stay in HS or learn a trade. ;)
 
My knee jerk reaction is to say screw those idiots but there is another side to this. If an industry pays there employees such a low wage that they qualify for gov programs like food stamps aren't we the tax payers subsidizing the industry? Maybe we are enabling them to not innovate and keep up with the times and become efficient. Maybe if they had to pay people $15.00 an hour there would be incentive to get some burger flipping robots instead and cut their work force in half. Every other industry is doing this to be efficient, why should us tax payers shoulder the load for fast food joints. There is the issue of HS kids that often take these jobs though and this would put the hurt to them. Maybe 18 and under should be exempt from the higher wage structure.
 
Gov't creates a problem ("welfare" exceeds a low skilled person's working income) so now we need to force employers to pay more for that low skilled worker? Yep, that will make more folks stay in HS or learn a trade. ;)

Staying in HS won't do much better. I have a BA and I don't make $15.

So far nobody's being forced to do anything. I suspect they might come out of it at $10 rather than $15, but you always start high and work your way down.
 
$15 is too much for flipping burgers especially when many skilled trades start off at a wage in that ballpark. They should be thrown a bone though. Give em' a half a buck and move on.

This is more about unionization than getting a raise. They are being courted by unions, as is WalMart. Then they'll have to have a Put-the-Burger-on-the-Grill position, Burger Flipper position, Burger Wrapper position, Burger-Walk-it-to-the-window position, Floor Sweeper position, etc., etc. A defined benefit pension plan like public sector employees . . . and pretty soon a jamoke who can't make change, can't speak English and doesn't know a cockroach from a housepet will be making $24 an hour and retiring at age 55.

Can't wait.
 
$15 is too much for flipping burgers especially when many skilled trades start off at a wage in that ballpark. They should be thrown a bone though. Give em' a half a buck and move on.

To hell with a half a buck, reduce them down to actual minimum wage, boot their asses out the door and hire someone who will work.
 
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