Posted on 12/17/2014 2:53:48 PM PST by grundle
She’s a mom on a mission. A single mother-of-two from the Los Angeles neighborhood of South Central recently went on strike against her employer McDonald’s. Maribel makes $9.35 per hour working as a server but that’s not enough to support her family (she shares a home with 10 other people including her children, grandmother, and niece). “I need fifteen to buy my babies diapers, their wipies, their clothes,” she explains. “Its hard with nine dollars per hour — you can’t do that. It’s really hard to pay rent.”
On December 4, Maribel, along with a large group seeking $15 per hour and union rights for fast food workers, picketed a McDonald’s location in downtown Los Angeles. “It’s really exciting going inside my own store,” she says before leading a group of chanting protesters inside. Maribel was not alone in her efforts — that day, fast food workers walked off the job in more then 150 cities across the country.
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“and people that loved it as teens can barely stomach it 20 years later”
Indeed, McD’s food literally makes us ill now. Tried once or twice over the past few years for nostalgia’s sake and GREATLY regretted it!
Yew tawkin’ ta me?
At least you’d get your drive-up order correct!
““I need fifteen to buy my babies diapers, their wipies, their clothes,” she explains.
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Old lady here.
I am so sick of this crap.
She could use cloth diapers and wash cloths-—buy the clothes at used clothing stores.
Many did this for years.
And yeah,where’s the father?
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Reminds me of the story about a guy interviewing for a job. He asks what the job pays. The owner of the business tells him he will pay him what he’s worth. The guy says, “I can’t live on that”.
Bump to both of you.
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