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Thanks To 'Fight For $15' Minimum Wage, McDonald's Unveils Job-Replacing Self-Service Kiosks
Forbes ^ | Nov 29, 2016 @ 01:37 PM | Ed Rensi

Posted on 12/01/2016 2:51:29 AM PST by expat_panama

Mr. Rensi is the former president and CEO of McDonald’s USA.

McDonald’s restaurant employees rally after walking off the job to demand a $15 per hour wage and union rights during nationwide ‘Fight for $15 Day of Disruption’ protests on November 29, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (David McNew/Getty Images)

As the labor union-backed Fight for $15 begins yet another nationwide strike on November 29, I have a simple message for the protest organizers and the reporters covering them: I told you so.

It brings me no joy to write these words. The push for a $15 starter wage has negatively impacted the career prospects of employees...

...start with automation. In 2013...

...this month, McDonald’s announced the nationwide roll-out of touchscreen self-service kiosks. In a video the company released to showcase the new customer experience, it’s striking to see employees who once would have managed a cash register now reduced to monitoring a customer’s choices at an iPad-style kiosk.

It’s not just McDonald’s that has embraced job-replacing technology. Numerous restaurant chains (both quick service and full service) have...

...not all businesses have the capital necessary to shift from full-service to self-service...

...out-of-state labor groups who funded these initiatives aren’t shedding tears over the consequences. Like their Soviet-era predecessors who foolishly thought they could centrally manage prices and business operations...

...money has bought the union a lot of protesters and media coverage. You can expect more of it on November 29. But the real faces of the Fight for $15 are the young people and small business owners who have had their futures compromised. Those faces are not happy ones.

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


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: economy; government; investing
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To: expat_panama

Snicker!


61 posted on 12/01/2016 6:06:54 AM PST by Redleg Duke (Time for a new party for We the People, to restore a two-party system!)
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To: bigtoona

Idiocracy was written and directed by Mike Judge who is far from liberal and has more in common with Scott Adams of Dilbert fame than any leftist.

Watch some of Mike Judge’s interviews on YouTube. He’s not shy talking about his personal beliefs.


62 posted on 12/01/2016 6:40:40 AM PST by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: Califreak

Would you like some EXTRA BIG ASS FRIES?


63 posted on 12/01/2016 6:41:19 AM PST by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: expat_panama

I already seen these kiosks at McDonalds in FL.


64 posted on 12/01/2016 6:43:45 AM PST by C19fan
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To: rarestia

Yes.

I need to mutilate my thirst.

Pass the Brawndo please.

:)


65 posted on 12/01/2016 6:52:37 AM PST by Califreak (All Alinsky All The Time)
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To: rarestia

Good, no more stoners or attitude problems.
Has anyone noticed when ordering at a drive thru these days, they ask to take your order, then don’t listen, then you have to start all over?
Or maybe it’s an entire generation being raised on ADHD drugs and antidepressants.


66 posted on 12/01/2016 6:56:45 AM PST by GnuThere
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To: Califreak

It has electrolytes!


67 posted on 12/01/2016 7:07:42 AM PST by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: GnuThere

Taking orders at a fast food window can be stressful. It requires multitasking skills and a high level of accuracy. Most teens today aren’t being taught these sorts of skills, and those who are find better jobs in the trades.


68 posted on 12/01/2016 7:08:54 AM PST by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: ari-freedom

“from a living wage to no wage.”

Exactly. Can’t have these Dem voters becoming content with a wage. Gotta get them on the dole!


69 posted on 12/01/2016 7:43:04 AM PST by bk1000 (A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory.)
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To: ctdonath2
The Left ends poverty by banning it.

The left ends poverty by moving it away from them. A $15 per hour wage doesn't mean people earning less get a raise, it means those people will no longer have jobs. Since these laws are passed in progressive areas, this means poor people can't live around progressives.

70 posted on 12/01/2016 8:12:34 AM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: expat_panama

We’re about to reach the ultimate conclusion where a lot of people will be permanently unemployable because they’re old and no real job will hire them, have a ‘criminal record’ consisting of even 1 pitiful charge that should have never made it to court, or their job was outsourced.

Either laws will be passed to ban robot labor, we will have a huge socialist uprising (violently or by voting) from people whose backs are to the wall, or we’ll have a significant permanent underclass.


71 posted on 12/01/2016 8:15:50 AM PST by Laser_Ray
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To: spodefly

I won’t be consuming any food made by robots and I think many others won’t either.

As for govt imposed wages, a $1.50 per hour maximum wage would enable everyone to be employed, everyone could probably have 3 or 4 jobs.


72 posted on 12/01/2016 8:33:59 AM PST by free_life (If you ask Jesus to forgive you and to save you, He will.)
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To: expat_panama

Watching the unintended negative consequences of proggie ideas is continual entertainment. Sad for the hurt useful idiots, but entertaining.


73 posted on 12/01/2016 9:20:26 AM PST by polymuser (There's a big basket of deportables.)
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To: Tucker39

Good point. Corporate taxes are really a stealth sales tax.


74 posted on 12/01/2016 4:22:45 PM PST by Jack Hammer
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To: kearnyirish2

Complete oxymoron. ..fast-food!


75 posted on 12/02/2016 5:36:00 PM PST by connyankee (#MAGABEGINS)
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