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City Fast Food Workers Walk Off Job to Demand $15 an Hour
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| Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Posted on 04/15/2015 10:31:31 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Fast food workers in the city and around the country are walking off the job today to demand $15 an hour.
Protesters started lining up at the McDonalds on Flatbush Avenue and Fulton Street in Downtown Brooklyn early this morning.
It's the latest day of action organized by the Fight for $15 movement.
Many workers taking place in today's protest say that they work 40 hours a week and still don't make enough to cover their rent and the basic costs of living.
"Every month, I make two-thirds of my rent, and that's the only thing I can do, is pay my rent. I can't buy food, I can't buy toiletries, I can't treat my grandchildren to a day out," said one person at the protest. "It's very difficult."
"It's real difficult because I got to support a wife and four kids, and $8.75 just can't make it," said another. "We need $15, and we need a union to back us up in case if cost of living keep going up, transit going up, food going up, everything going up."
More protests are scheduled to take place later this afternoon. A march from Columbus Circle to Times Square is also planned for this evening, where thousands more are expected to join.
The group says tens of thousands of people will be demonstrating in more than 200 U.S. cities.
Demonstrations are scheduled in 40 other countries around the world.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Extended News; US: New York
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To: nickcarraway
Now they will gey ZERO dollars an hour. Lock your car, please : )
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posted on
04/15/2015 10:32:37 AM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
04/15/2015 10:33:10 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(CLEARLY CRUZ 2016)
To: nickcarraway
Adios asshats. When, and if, you return, there’ll be pink slips waiting for you.
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posted on
04/15/2015 10:33:40 AM PDT
by
rktman
(Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to take some of mine away. Odd, eh?)
To: stephenjohnbanker
I imagine the owners of those ubiquitous hot dog and snack carts will move in to fill the void.
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posted on
04/15/2015 10:34:39 AM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: nickcarraway
They will just hasten the use of machines in fast food places.
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posted on
04/15/2015 10:34:57 AM PDT
by
gattaca
(Republicans believe every day is July 4, democrats believe every day is April 15. Ronald Reagan)
To: nickcarraway
"It's real difficult because I got to support a wife and four kids, and $8.75 just can't make it,"
The stupid. It burns.
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posted on
04/15/2015 10:35:43 AM PDT
by
Veggie Todd
(The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
To: Veggie Todd
I hope the 4 kids like Alpo.
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posted on
04/15/2015 10:37:00 AM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
To: Vigilanteman
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posted on
04/15/2015 10:37:30 AM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
To: nickcarraway
Unions are pushing this & paying these “protesters”.
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posted on
04/15/2015 10:38:39 AM PDT
by
rainee
(Her)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
04/15/2015 10:38:43 AM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
04/15/2015 10:39:02 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: All
Easily solved by a sign in the window that says “Now Hiring”.
To: nickcarraway
Hey Gravity CEO just went down to 70K a year.
McDonald’s CEO goes to minimum wage 15 dollars an hour and he can pay all his workers 15 dollars an hour.
Can you imagine? lol. Never in a lifetime.
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posted on
04/15/2015 10:39:23 AM PDT
by
napscoordinator
(Walker for President 2016. The only candidate with actual real RESULTS!!!!! The rest...talkers!)
To: nickcarraway
The group says tens of thousands of people will be demonstrating in more than 200 U.S. cities. Demonstrations are scheduled in 40 other countries around the world.
All spontaneous, no doubt. /s
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posted on
04/15/2015 10:39:31 AM PDT
by
exit82
("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
To: nickcarraway
“It’s real difficult because I got to support a wife and four kids, and $8.75 just can’t make it,”
Get a real job you pathetic loser
To: nickcarraway
"It's real difficult because I got to support a wife and four kids, and $8.75 just can't make it," said another.
I know how you can double your wages. Get a second job paying $8.75 an hour and work the same amount of time there as you do at McDonald's!
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posted on
04/15/2015 10:40:10 AM PDT
by
LostInBayport
(When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
To: nickcarraway
“
Every month, I make two-thirds of my rent”
Move.
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posted on
04/15/2015 10:42:34 AM PDT
by
YHAOS
To: nickcarraway
All was well at Wendy’s somewhere in the Midwest today.
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posted on
04/15/2015 10:43:16 AM PDT
by
DungeonMaster
(The Word of God is sexist, so I am too.)
To: stephenjohnbanker
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posted on
04/15/2015 10:43:49 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
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