I think they should demand $30 an hour.
Why not?
Get out the “Help Wanted” signs...
When I was a kid in high school, most of these fast food jobs were held by teenagers. Just how much of a “living wage” do you need to live with mom and dad?
Anyone looking for a job should be right there waiting to put on the apron.
Minimum wage is a dumb concept. Every time it is raised, it devalues the wages of those who make more. Our economy would benefit immensely if ours were dropped altogether or lowered to about $3/hour.
Remember the concept that Minimum Wage is what ‘entry-level’ people get so that the employer can afford training? What really powers this is the low-information voter pool that sees this as rich vs poor class warfare. With the current youth unemployment at an all-time high, how do you think this will effect it?
I think that the unions may still have contractual obligations in place that use Minimum Wage as a measuring stick that forces increases across the board when it is raised, but I do not know this for certain. Still, it appears to me that this is yet another attempt to kill the goose and that poor bird is really getting run ragged right now between government regs, food police and this union-backed worker strikes.
When is somebody going to have the stones to fire them all.
Fire ‘em all. Hire other folks willing to work at that wage.
What the “struck shops” should do is raise their prices or put up signage showing how much items would cost if that took effect.
If we got rid of MW laws, we might also get rid of (small) businesses hiring illegals and illegal migration woukd dry up.
This is never mentioned in illegal alien discussions but must be.
I despise these arrogant people thinking they are owed much increased wage because they have worked there for years.
Sorry, your job is menial. It is not the equivalent of machining steel, building circuit boards or designing any of them. You should not think you need to make as much as they .
No need to change the minimum wage. The government already subsidizes low-wage jobs with food stamps, Medicaid and housing help. Probably other benefits, too.
I work with people who make about 150 percent of minimum wage and are still eligible for assistance.