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Civil disobedience expected in fast-food pay fight
Associated Press ^ | Sep 1, 2014 5:55 PM EDT | Candice Choi

Posted on 09/01/2014 3:14:36 PM PDT by Olog-hai

McDonald’s, Wendy’s and other fast-food restaurants are expected to be targeted with acts of civil disobedience that could lead to arrests Thursday as labor organizers escalate their campaign to unionize the industry’s workers.

Kendall Fells, an organizing director for Fast Food Forward, said in an interview that workers in a couple of dozen cities were trained to peacefully engage in civil disobedience ahead of this week’s planned protests.

Fells declined to say what exactly is in store for the protests in around 150 U.S. cities. But workers involved in the movement recently cited sit-ins as an example of strategies they could use to intensify their push for higher pay and unionization. Past protests have targeted a couple of restaurants in each city. …

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food; Society
KEYWORDS: civildisobedience; communism; liberalagenda; mcdonalds; minimumwage; unions; unionthugs; wendys
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To: berdie

I once worked for a company that thought I was replaceable.

They went out of business.

Probably would have gone out of business anyway sooner or later since they had more people working in the office than actually bringing in money, but getting rid of me they lost 3 customers at a time they couldn’t afford to loose 3 customers.


21 posted on 09/01/2014 3:40:43 PM PDT by IMR 4350
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To: Veggie Todd

That burger never passed her lips


22 posted on 09/01/2014 3:41:43 PM PDT by WilliamRobert (We are doomed if good men stand by and do nothing.)
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To: Olog-hai

Interviewer: “Your last employer states that you worked there for 8 days, then participated in a riot that resulted in burning down the restaurant...”

Derp: “See? I told you I had experience!”


23 posted on 09/01/2014 3:42:03 PM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: berdie
"Hang in there, Food Fight Workers (of the World Unite)"

"The UAW stands in solidarity with you! See how well this worked for us!"


24 posted on 09/01/2014 3:43:28 PM PDT by BwanaNdege ( "Our Emperor may have no clothes, but doesn't he have a wonderful tan" - MSM)
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To: Veggie Todd

she may not like veggie burgers. :-)


25 posted on 09/01/2014 3:47:49 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: WilliamRobert

You’re probably right. Food as depicted in commercials is not what it seems.

Her sugar daddy feeds her Wagyu beef whenever she wants it.

;^)


26 posted on 09/01/2014 3:49:54 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("In the modern world, Muslims are living fossils.")
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To: Olog-hai

Hello, all you union morons, say hello to AUTOMATION and good bye job.


27 posted on 09/01/2014 3:51:09 PM PDT by MasterGunner01
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To: Olog-hai

This has NOTHING to do with raising wages for anyone, and EVERYTHING to do with the November election.


28 posted on 09/01/2014 3:51:50 PM PDT by tcrlaf (Q)
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To: MasterGunner01

These idiots don’t realize that under socialism and communism in the 20th century that whole swaths of peoples were deemed “disposable”, and not in that “you’re being replaced by a robot” thing.


29 posted on 09/01/2014 3:52:43 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: IMR 4350

Sounds like a classic case of sales vs administrative to me.


30 posted on 09/01/2014 3:55:26 PM PDT by berdie
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To: Tijeras_Slim
Ax if they care?....all they want is their paycheck to “equal” ‘any’ other job. Doesn't matter if they're replaced or not...on to the next meager job...as long as they can make just enough to still qualify for some benefits ‘with’ it.
31 posted on 09/01/2014 3:57:03 PM PDT by caww
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To: Olog-hai

and this coincides with Obama stating raise the minimum wage, , what a mighty coincidence.

sarc


32 posted on 09/01/2014 3:57:45 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: BwanaNdege

I really don’t think these people have thought this thru.

In the age of automation, in which we live, it’s a precarious position.


33 posted on 09/01/2014 3:58:15 PM PDT by berdie
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To: SkyDancer

...” labor organizers”.....

They could care less about the people...they want unions and the money it generates.


34 posted on 09/01/2014 3:58:57 PM PDT by caww
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To: Timber Rattler

You have that exactly right....there’s a gas station here that has a full counter of these machines to “pick” your choice.
Yulk...I’ll cook at home thank you.


35 posted on 09/01/2014 4:01:13 PM PDT by caww
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To: Olog-hai

36 posted on 09/01/2014 4:02:33 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: tcrlaf

...”This has NOTHING to do with raising wages for anyone, and EVERYTHING to do with the November election”...

Yes...and lining the pockets of the Unions, or soon to be, in order to fund their candidates.

Sheesh...nothing in America is what it seems it should be!


37 posted on 09/01/2014 4:04:53 PM PDT by caww
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To: Olog-hai

I have ordered food w/o a waiter, and paid the bill w/o a waiter.

Just say’n...

5.56mm


38 posted on 09/01/2014 4:07:16 PM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: Olog-hai

39 posted on 09/01/2014 4:07:36 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The man who damns money obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it earned it." --Ayn Rand)
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To: Olog-hai

“Fries up! Don’t shoot!”
Idiots.


40 posted on 09/01/2014 4:12:34 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
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