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[Excerpted Satire/Gag piece] McDonald’s Drops $15.00 “Living” Wage Bomb
Universalfreepress News blog ^ | September 8, 2014 | Rlgrimes

Posted on 11/03/2014 6:47:05 AM PST by YankeeReb

In a surprise move CEO Donald Thompson of McDonald’s Restaurants announced they had reached an agreement with the SEIU and would start paying its workers a “Living Wage” of $15.00 per hour the first of October. Mr. Thompson issued a press release stating, “As a company we realize we have been negligent in paying our employees a real living wage for the last 60 years, so in the spirit of social well-being, we have decided to comply with the wishes of the White House and the SEIU.”

The Service Employees International Union spokesman, Seymour Pecunia, said that he “was very happy that McDonald’s had agreed to their demands.” He was also hopeful that McDonald’s decision would lead to similar agreements with Burger King, Wendy’s, Hardee’s and Taco Bell. As the largest retail seller of fast food, the agreement will set a high bar for other fast-food chains to meet.

It is estimated the move will cost the company over 100 million dollars the first year. Much of the cost will be made up in higher food prices according to management sources. “We have been working on new price guidelines for several months and think we have come up with a workable menu pricing guideline for our franchisees.

(Excerpt) Read more at universalfreepress.com ...


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KEYWORDS: mcdonalds; minimumwage; satire; satirization
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1 posted on 11/03/2014 6:47:06 AM PST by YankeeReb
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To: YankeeReb

Satire? Or the “Rise of the Machines?”


2 posted on 11/03/2014 6:48:18 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: YankeeReb

Much of the cost will be made up in higher food prices

Of course! And how much more will SEIU collect in union dues? I’d love to know the salaries of the SEIU union thugs.


3 posted on 11/03/2014 6:50:01 AM PST by rfreedom4u (Do you know who Barry Soetoro is?)
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To: YankeeReb

I added the satire keyword as the article linked clearly states it is written in satire.


4 posted on 11/03/2014 6:50:57 AM PST by jurroppi1 (The only thing you "pass to see what's in it" is a stool sample. h/t MrB)
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To: YankeeReb

“Much of the cost will be made up in higher food prices...”

They hope.

I will be going there less often.


5 posted on 11/03/2014 6:50:58 AM PST by JPJones
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Nowadays it’s hard to tell the real news apart from the satire.


6 posted on 11/03/2014 6:51:15 AM PST by YankeeReb
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To: YankeeReb

The cost of eating at McDonalds is already skyrocketing. I don’t see this being a very bright move at this time. Good luck to them. They’re going to need lots of it. Unionized burger flippers and fries guys isn’t going to fly with a lot of Americans. Especially when the union is SEIU.


7 posted on 11/03/2014 6:51:40 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Ebola and Enterovirus-D68. Proud members of Viruses Without Borders.)
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To: YankeeReb

Get ready for the $8.00 Whopper


8 posted on 11/03/2014 6:51:41 AM PST by Rennes Templar (Obama: First ever POTUS to be retired while still in office.)
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To: YankeeReb

Higher prices, lower quality...introducing the new(progressive)America.


9 posted on 11/03/2014 6:52:14 AM PST by RckyRaCoCo (Shall Not Be Infringed)
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To: rfreedom4u

If this really happened, the ignorance of the liberals would be revealed. Because they would protest increasing the prices of everything McDonald’s sells if they had to pay a higher minimum wage. The liberals think that businesses have unlimited profit margins and unlimited money in the bank.

People like Hillary Clinton don’t think that businesses create jobs. Liberals just have no real knowledge of how business operates. And based on their ignorance, they try to tell the rest of us how to live. Go figure.


10 posted on 11/03/2014 6:52:27 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego (s)
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To: YankeeReb

Semmens again.

Now he’s using an alias but I’m on to him.


11 posted on 11/03/2014 6:52:44 AM PST by x1stcav (I was an Infantry Officer back in the 60's. I have no fear.)
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To: YankeeReb

I stopped eating there long ago. I got tired of cardboard buns and French fries, something that is supposed to pass for ‘meat’ and a whole host of other things.

I fear however that this will be a great discrimination against the minority community who will suffer under the added costs for their daily subsistence. My guess is that McDonalds will now be allowed to process EBT cards and the like to compensate. Or, maybe just go for the Gusto and have it subsidized by Obama’s Stash.


12 posted on 11/03/2014 6:52:46 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Rennes Templar
I'm ready for the $1 whopper.... hnmmmm.... actually looks REALLY GOOD... (AND, its Ebola-free)


13 posted on 11/03/2014 6:52:52 AM PST by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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To: Rennes Templar

Forget the 8 bucks this story already is a “Whooper”.


14 posted on 11/03/2014 6:53:03 AM PST by Autonomous User (No 18 Holes after a Head Rolls.)
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To: YankeeReb

Well, doesn’t bother me. Don’t eat there. Don’t like their food. The old quarter pounder used to be a good sandwich, but when it went down to the size of a morning egg macmuffin, and still called it a QP, I quit buying it. That was years and years ago. I rarely ever stop at burger shops any more. Small sandwich for higher and higher prices. Here in Alabama we have a hamburger place called Jack’s Hamburgers. All around the state and Mississippi I think. Jacks does a good morning breakfast meal, complete meal. But I have not been to Mikkie D’s, Burger Queen, etc. in years. Jacks, maybe Wendys, but not Mickies.


15 posted on 11/03/2014 6:53:07 AM PST by RetiredArmy (MARANATHA, MARANATHA, Come quickly LORD Jesus!!! Father send thy Son!! Its Time!)
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To: Rennes Templar

That’s the straight one.

The gay one will be $7


16 posted on 11/03/2014 6:53:17 AM PST by morphing libertarian
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To: Rennes Templar

The Whopper is Burger King.


17 posted on 11/03/2014 6:53:25 AM PST by null and void (If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.)
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To: YankeeReb

Satire.
Read the “story”. Satire and silly satire at that.


18 posted on 11/03/2014 6:53:39 AM PST by Tupelo (I am feeling more like Phillip Nolan by the day.)
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To: Blue Jays
Without clicking link it is likely a satire page.
FreeRepublic managers requested satire/comedy be clearly marked to avoid mixing with actual news.
This is something that may have inadvertently been missed.
19 posted on 11/03/2014 6:53:55 AM PST by Blue Jays (Rock Hard, Ride Free)
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To: jurroppi1

What tipped me off was the SEIU chief’s name in the article, Seymour Pecunia. I thought it was Trumka then I remembered “Pecunia” is Latin for Money.


20 posted on 11/03/2014 6:54:35 AM PST by YankeeReb
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