Union wages are tied to min wage, which is why unions are always pushing for increases.
Hamburger flippers are paid what they are worth.
It would cost more than that, because the moment one job can be automated, they pretty much all can, and quickly too.
The constant libtard refrain: “I got mine, screw you!” about us rethugs.
But, as always, their disingenuousness is exposed: Those who get the increase: “YAHA! I GOT MINE — THOSE OF YOU WHO GOT CUT, TFB!”
Those that lose their jobs: “how’s that 2nd term of obozo workin’ for ya?”
Union folks might study this video for a little insight.
http://www.chonday.com/Videos/how-the-amazon-warehouse-works
Jim,
There was another article ( which I thought was posted here) relating the comments of a VP at White Castle in which he stated that a change in the minimum wage of this size would cause them to close roughly half of their 400 plus locations. I guess the truth is, that wages, not food cost, drive these businesses because he is essentially saying that half of his locations become “uneconomic” at that point.
BTW nice to see that you are posting. Hope the recovery is going well for you.
But the union will make out with higher dues .....
Walmart has an average pay scale of over $12.00 p/h. They have thousands of outlets. People that have worked there for years and have earned $15 to $20 an hour will likely see their hours scaled back to accommodate the sniveling idiots who demand $15 as a starter.
Prices will go up an average of 25% because that’s how much Walmart pays in salaries and hourly pay out of their gross. And, of course, hundreds of thousands will lose their jobs.
This would affect suppliers, truck drivers, distribution, wholesalers, brick layers, carpet installers, all forms of construction, farmers. It’s endless.
Fast Food Strikes Ignore Technology
They're cutting off their noses to spite their faces!
What do you think happened when I offered to show her how to count out 85 cents in change with the minimum number of coins?
The phrase "You think I be stupid" eventually got blurted out ...
I am willing to drive up to an hour to purchase fast food at any place that is currently on the strike list. I just don’t know which places are being targeted. can anyone in the FR world provide this information?
Gee, the Yutes are going to be thrilled when their dollar burger now costs 3....
Dr. Williams understands and has been teaching, speaking, and writing about the tragic consequences of the so-called "progressive" policies which Democrats have inflicted upon Americans--all in the name of "helping" them.
Slavery to government is no better than slavery to individual masters. Yet, the "regressives" continue to buy power and influence by promoting policies that destroy opportunity, prosperity, and freedom for our own and future generations.
If fast food pays $15 an hour, I may have to quit my office job and flip burgers to get an increase in pay!
Order takers will be the first to be replaced. Anyone who has patronized a Buc-ees store knows how easy it is to place and pay for a food order, the the order always comes out right.
Unsolicited email just received from moveon.org re: “The struggle for food justice:”
Subject: The most important fight in the struggle for food justice
Dear Jim,
I’m Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma, In Defense of Food, and Cooked. For many years now, I’ve been passionately outspoken about the food justice movement, and low-wage workers represent a key front in the fight for fair and just food.
That’s why I hope you’ll join me and millions of MoveOn members across the country in expressing solidarity with the fast-food workers going on strike for fair wages today.
Those of us working in the food movement often speak of our economy’s unhealthy reliance on “cheap food.” But cheap food only seems cheap because the real costs of its production are hidden from us: the exploitation of food and farm workers, the brutalization of animals, and the undermining of the health of the soil, the water, and the atmosphere.
As a society, we’ve trapped ourselves in a kind of reverse Fordism. Instead of paying workers well enough so that they can afford good, honestly-priced products—as Henry Ford endeavored to do so that his workers might afford to buy his cars—we pay them so little that the only food they can afford is junk food destructive of their health and the environment’s.
If we are ever to right this wrong, to produce food sustainably and justly and sell it at an honest price, we will first have to pay people a living wage so that they can afford to buy it. Let’s start with the people who work so hard to feed us.
That would only constitute the first blow to such businesses.
The eventual closing of thousands of franchises would follow-—and then even more would be out of work.
For many, this is the highest point of employment they are skilled to do.
