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Portland restaurant workers vote to become first fast food union in the country
thehill.com ^ | 04/24/2018 | By Jacqueline Thomsen

Posted on 04/24/2018 11:37:39 AM PDT by Red Badger

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1 posted on 04/24/2018 11:37:39 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Ro, Ro, Ro your bot.


2 posted on 04/24/2018 11:39:09 AM PDT by Flash Bazbeaux
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To: Red Badger

This should accelerate the roboticization of the fast food industry.

Fine by me.


3 posted on 04/24/2018 11:39:26 AM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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Should have fired these people and started over when they had a chance. What a way to ruin a good burger place. Love their Huckleberry shakes and Halibut sandwiches.

They likely will be in bankruptcy within a year.

4 posted on 04/24/2018 11:40:16 AM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
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To: Red Badger

Yep


5 posted on 04/24/2018 11:41:17 AM PDT by Hyman Roth
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So, there has been a boycott of Burgerville, “in support of” the workers, and their attainment of $5/hour raises plus additional benefits.

Seems like people might get used to not going to Burgerville. When Burgerville is all up and running with the newly endowed employees with big raises and benefits, how much will the cost of food increase? $3 more for a burger? I expect they will be priced out of the local fast food business, but then, it is Portland, after all.


6 posted on 04/24/2018 11:41:30 AM PDT by NEMDF
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Heck, I’d boycott them now just BECAUSE they are union ...


7 posted on 04/24/2018 11:42:49 AM PDT by BlueLancer (Come Hell or High Water - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQNUp9rgjNs&feature=youtu.be)
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Macheesmo Mouse is more my type of place when I’m in the Williamette.


8 posted on 04/24/2018 11:43:38 AM PDT by CharleysPride (Peace, Freedom and Prosperity. Thank you, President Trump.)
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Look at the idiot in back with the raised fist.

Well, they got a “living wage”. They not only screwed the young people trying to break into the job market behind them, they screwed themselves.

They won’t be living long on it. It would be interesting to do a five year follow-up on this chain and the people in this picture.


9 posted on 04/24/2018 11:44:19 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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To: Ken H

Yes if i never have to hear Esprite when I said SPRITE


10 posted on 04/24/2018 11:45:20 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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and wait until their $5 an hour, gets sucked away by their biweekly union dues.


11 posted on 04/24/2018 11:48:44 AM PDT by TallahasseeConservative (Isaiah 40:31)
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To: NEMDF

Spot on. And this place will be closed in 6 to 8 months. There will be an initial bump of support from the Portland types and then business will fall off the cliff after the novelty has worn off and people no longer wish to pay $13 for a fast-food hamburger that costs less than half that just across the street.


12 posted on 04/24/2018 11:51:24 AM PDT by Obadiah
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With the kind of training and experience you need for this job, I can see why they would demand high wages.

Not everyone can be Spongebob.


13 posted on 04/24/2018 11:57:48 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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Great! We’ll just replace you with automated systems. No unions for them. Yet.


14 posted on 04/24/2018 11:58:47 AM PDT by I want the USA back (If free speech is taken away, dumb and silent we are led, like sheep to the slaughter: G Washington)
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Beth Brewer, Burgerville's senior vice president of operations, said in a statement to Williamette Week that the company is "ready to support the nation's first unionized fast-food store."

...as she furiously unloads her stock in the company...

15 posted on 04/24/2018 12:01:32 PM PDT by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
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16 posted on 04/24/2018 12:03:54 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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"Beth Brewer, Burgerville's senior vice president of operations, said in a statement to Williamette Week that the company is "ready to support the nation's first unionized fast-food store."

And, therein lies the problem....MANAGEMENT!

17 posted on 04/24/2018 12:04:34 PM PDT by goodnesswins (White Privilege EQUALS Self Control)
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To: Red Badger
Maybe they'll find part time work cleaning the "bots" that replace them. 🤖👍🏼👋🏼
18 posted on 04/24/2018 12:06:51 PM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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The union is now planning to negotiate a raise of $5 an hour for hourly staffers, on top of affordable health care, child care and consistent hour

What, no "work at home" days?

19 posted on 04/24/2018 12:07:40 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...excepto for convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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They’ll be out of business in a year.


20 posted on 04/24/2018 12:08:07 PM PDT by circlecity
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