This is insanity. They want $15/hr to flip burgers, sweep floors, and clean bathrooms. You’ve got to be kidding me. I’ve worked fast food for a significant portion of my life, when the pay was $3.35/hr, and I can tell you these jobs aren’t meant to be high paying jobs. They are almost entirely entry level jobs. The only want to make good money from fast food restaurants is to move up to management. And as a connoisseur of fast food these days, I must say that the interactions I see with most fast food employees leaves a lot to be desired. There’s no way on God’s luscious green earth that I would pay these people $15/hr. They won’t even look at you half the time when taking your order or giving you your food.
Not to mention the fact that salaries are dictated by the finances of the restaurant itself. You just can’t arbitrarily raise the wages to $15/hr because that will kill tons of jobs. All the restaurants that are just barely making it would go under or have to scale back employees.
These people who are going on strike are greedy idiots:
UPI – Fast food employees across America will be walking out and picketing during peak lunch hours, continuing a year-long industry-wide push for better pay.
Employees of McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Burger King, KFC and others in at least 50 cities have committed to Thursday’s pre-Labor Day walkout. In some cities, they will be joined by retail workers employed by Macy’s, Sears and Dollar Tree.
The workers want to form unions to negotiate wages without retaliation from franchise owners and or parent companies. The workers also want $15 per hour, up from the current federal minimum wage of $7.25.
“McDonald’s aims to offer competitive pay and benefits to our employees. Our history is full of examples of individuals who worked their first job with McDonald’s and went on to successful careers both within and outside of McDonald’s,” the company said in a statement.
Nonetheless, the fast food giant recently came under fire for an internal budget guide meant for employees, which showed that it is impossible to live on minimum wage. The controversial sample budget required a second job, and didn’t leave any money for child care, groceries, clothing or gas for the worker’s car.