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Fast-food workers in KC [+NAACP+Unions+Organizers] join national protest over ‘poverty wages’
The Kansas City Star ^ | July 29, 2013 | Diane Stafford

Posted on 07/29/2013 8:29:32 PM PDT by kevcol


U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver

Speaking at a podium set up on the Troost sidewalk, Terrance Wise, who works two part-time jobs at a Burger King and Pizza Hut, said the rally was organized because “these billion-dollar companies aren’t magically going to make our lives better overnight.”

Nationally, protest organizers are calling for pay of $15 an hour, which would be more than double the current federal minimum of $7.25 an hour.
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U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, who spoke at the Kansas City rally, said it was unlikely that the current Congress will vote to raise the minimum wage, but he believes the issue will influence voters’ decisions in the next midterm elections.
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About a dozen area organizations support the Kansas City coalition. Many had representatives at the rally. They include the NAACP, Jobs With Justice, Communities Creating Opportunity, locals affiliated with the AFL-CIO and other unions, the Cross Border Network, and the Midwest Center for Equality and Democracy.
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In St. Louis, Martin Rafanan, a community director for STL735, the group that organized the protest, said, “These workers need a raise and they need representation in the workplace.”

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


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: acorn; fastfood; mcdonalds; naacp; unions
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Rafanan said the St. Louis group also plans for people to walk off the job Tuesday

Then maybe Wednesday too? Until everyone gets fired so Holder's thugs can open civil rights investigations?

No grassroots whatsoever. 100% staged and paid for by the democrat party. So far I have seen that a dem congressmen has shown up to almost all of these "strikes".








1 posted on 07/29/2013 8:29:32 PM PDT by kevcol
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To: kevcol

They look chubby for the most part.


2 posted on 07/29/2013 8:32:10 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (All that is required for evil to advance is for government to do "something")
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To: kevcol

he problem is these are meant to be entry level jobs; not a career. With this economy and the deplorable state of education, people are stuck.


3 posted on 07/29/2013 8:34:57 PM PDT by DLfromthedesert
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To: Sirius Lee

Well fed.

Replace them with robots.

Then the person who services the robots, keeps the product going in and sacking what comes out, he/she can the “living wage”.


4 posted on 07/29/2013 8:36:15 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: kevcol

I’m sure it’s no coincidence that people are protesting the minimum wage after 0bama proposed raising it during the SoUA.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/state-union-2013-obama-minimum-wage-wage-live-18483775


5 posted on 07/29/2013 8:36:46 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( ==> sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Sirius Lee

I have worked second “fast food jobs” for quite a few years. Sometimes it was for the unspoken “fringe” benefits. Pizza places are great cause I was able to bring home a pizza every now and then.

If they don’t like the pay then find another job. Manual labor jobs pay better. But you have to actually work. I had a second job once parking cars. That was a pretty fun job. Not much pay but hell of a good time driving new vettes and fast acuras. :)


6 posted on 07/29/2013 8:38:21 PM PDT by pennyfarmer (Your socialist beat our liberal AGAIN.)
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To: kevcol

if you hate them so much, don’t work for them.

Go and start your own place and pay yourself as much as you want.


7 posted on 07/29/2013 8:38:49 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: kevcol

Low wages are MOTIVATION to find a better job.


8 posted on 07/29/2013 8:39:29 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: kevcol

Will not spit in your food because your a cracka.

9 posted on 07/29/2013 8:40:19 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: kevcol

If they don’t like the wages they can always hit the gate!


10 posted on 07/29/2013 8:45:19 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

If they want better wages they should apply at IN-n-Out or Chik a fil or Cutler’s, but they better come in clean cut and able to speak english. They all pay better and it shows. They just a choosy about who they hire.


11 posted on 07/29/2013 8:49:39 PM PDT by Oldexpat
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To: kevcol

I find the thought of any of those creeps serving me food to be very unappetizing.


12 posted on 07/29/2013 8:49:39 PM PDT by Gator113
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

the owner of all the KFCs in my city closed them all down about a year ago


13 posted on 07/29/2013 8:51:23 PM PDT by molson209
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To: GeronL

I remember eating at a NY Automat when I was a kid. It seemed like the coolest thing ever. Coffee was 5 cents and water and lemonade were free.


14 posted on 07/29/2013 8:54:50 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( ==> sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: smokingfrog

cool


15 posted on 07/29/2013 8:56:11 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: kevcol

I wouldn’t let that pack of disgusting looking, pig eyed sacks of sh#t within 10 miles of anything I was going to eat.


16 posted on 07/29/2013 9:00:19 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: Sirius Lee
They look chubby for the most part.

Lol. You got that right. It's like fatsos demonstrating against MacDonald's....unclear on the concept. Mr. Boffo material.

17 posted on 07/29/2013 9:02:46 PM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: GeronL

That’s actually a very persuasive marketing message.


18 posted on 07/29/2013 9:07:28 PM PDT by jameslalor
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To: cloudmountain

These sub-ferals need an education. Do these fools think anyone would be attracted to the FIVE dollar menu????


19 posted on 07/29/2013 9:09:40 PM PDT by ogen hal (First amendment or reeducation camp)
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To: kevcol

The appropriate response is to eliminate the minimum wage.

Let the market set wages.


20 posted on 07/29/2013 9:09:55 PM PDT by joshua c (Please dont feed the liberals)
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