Posted on 12/01/2013 3:12:04 PM PST by dynachrome
Backers of the movement for higher pay point to studies saying that the average age of fast-food workers is 29 and that more than one-fourth are parents raising children.
Simon Rojas, who earns $8.07 an hour working at a McDonald’s in South Central Los Angeles, said he would join Thursday’s one-day strike. “It’s very difficult to live off $8.07 an hour,” said Mr. Rojas, 23, noting that he is often assigned just 20 or 25 hours of work a week. “I have to live with my parents. I would like to be able to afford a car and an apartment.”
Mr. Rojas said he had studied for a pharmacy technician’s certificate, but he had been unable to save the $100 needed to apply for a license.
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I bet he has all the latest toys and a new car to boot.
It always cracks me up. These clowns are screaming for more money but why aren’t they screaming for more hours?
It’s time for Americans to start striking against the greedy, commie union thugs. They’ve become a real pain in the @$$. Where’s my Louisville Slugger?
Bump
I suspect we have a problem with veracity here!!
I agree with Mr Rojas. He’s underemployed, he should get a better job. It sounds like he actually wants to get one. He’s trying to live on a fast food job, which is not what those jobs are meant for. He should start by asking Democrats why they try so hard to make the economy smaller with taxes and regulation, and demeaning people who start businesses and hire people.
The Lath Operators are on strike.
These strikes will drive automation. Soon there will be no jobs.
Hey, working more than 25 hours a week cuts into his online gaming career!
Voting for BHO has consequences!
If the protesters do not work there, it’s not a “strike”
Yep
You make a good point though. If they put a little more time into their jobs and showed some ambition to better themselves, their bosses might give them a little more responsibility other than flipping burgers and working the drive-thru.
And I’d bet he still thinks Obama is the greatest president ever.
IPhone fer sure.
How many bothered to complete high school. Too many are out there not caring to do what it takes to get a decent paying job and now all of a sudden life’s not fair to them?! Learn the hard way. Let them fail and learn to have higher expectations— from themselves!!
There’s a much deeper story here.
Private sector union membership has plunged over the last 3 decades.
In the Baraqqi economy, there’s really no “breadwinner” jobs left to organize.
So the unions are pushing for fast food, WalMart, etc.
Even if these poor chumps only pay 10 bucks a month or so in union dues, if they can organize millions of workers, it adds up to some real dough for the Dems.
23 years old and working for $8.00 an hour at a fast food restaurant.
How about getting an education and getting a better paying job?
The problem is that Mr. Rojas believes slinging french fries should be a lifelong career. It isn’t.
If a job isn’t giving you enough hours, you get another part time job.
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