Posted on 04/15/2015 10:31:31 AM PDT by nickcarraway
That'll be the illegals, who already control the slop carts and taco trucks in most areas.
Soon they will be Toast to toast..............
The last time they did this in NYC I checked ALL McDonald’s on Manhattan. Not one was a corporate owned franchise. They are all locally owned LLC’s DBA “McDonald’s”. None owned more than one store.
"$15.00 is Just a Start" was plastered on their very professionally made placards.
Greedy union thugs are behind this "wage justice" ploy.
Morons don't realize that this will destroy jobs.
Unfortunately, we have outsourced most of our "real" jobs. Manufacturing was at one time the wealth creation engine of our economy. The opportunities for a semi-skilled worker to earn a living through some hard work and a little OT have greatly diminished, especially in the NY area.
Manhattan was, at one time, packed with clothing manufacturers. Brooklyn had shipyards. Factories flourished in Queens and the Bronx.
They were all taxed and regulated to elsewhere and what's left isn't very good.
This guy may be a pathetic loser, but not everyone working these jobs is. At least they are working.
We should be less callous about the situation.
How do we know that story is correct?
Soon to come:
French fries, $1 each... each piece that is. Chicken nuggets, $5 each piece (1 inch max diameter). Burger sandwich, $10... buns optional at $5, additional ingredients $4 each piece. Etc.
What with minimum wages being artificially increased without regard to supply and demand, local restaurants are raising prices and reducing food item sizes. What, they didn’t think market forces would correct this aberration? Some restaurants I visited lately are selling what was formerly small portions, at a higher cost and did away with the formerly large portion, and with fewer ingredients. The restaurants have lost business, I’m one who won’t be back because of increased costs and lesser portions. Parking lots formerly full are now empty. And restaurants are bleeding going into the red, soon to shut down.
These stupid minimum skill workers will need to learn a new skill - finding another job.
“It’s real difficult because I got to support a wife and four kids, and $8.75 just can’t make it,”
If someone want’s more money, they make themselves more valuable - or get used to driving an old Vega.
“”City Fast Food Workers Walk Off Job to Demand $15 an Hour””
...then fast food managers reach into their desks and sort through 100 applications and have them replaced by the end of the day.
Fine, I’ll never eat at any of them again.
Mc D used to have a commercial about feeding a family of four for $5.
You can’t get a big mac for that.
Deal with them the way Reagan dealt with air traffic controllers.
If he gets his $15.00hr and a union, he will have union dues on top of the rise in prices to cover his and everyone else's raise. He will be worse off then being at $8.75 and no union.
Obviously, he is not capable of equating higher wages/unions with the reason for increased costs of living, transit, food, etc.
” This is what happens when you replace high school kids with adults at fast food restaurants.”
When I was young, McD’s had all HS kids, and a manager.
I would love to see SEIU destroyed. Obama has been backing them since day one.
ANd Vice versa................
Then the “dollar menu” becomes the “8 dollar menu”.
Shhhh....all that “self-improvement”/(old) American Dream talk....that’s raciss.
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