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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Sat Jul 27, 2013, 10:52 PM Jul 2013

You Want a Living Wage With That? Fast Food Workers of N.Y.C. Prep for Another Strike

By Tessa Stuart

In Prospect Park on Wednesday, during a demonstration scheduled to coincide with the last time the minimum wage was raised--four years ago--New York City's fast food workers authorized another citywide strike.

The strike will be their third since November, when fast food workers from Domino's, McDonald's, Wendy's, Taco Bell and other chains organized a massive walkout.

The New York Daily News whines melodramatically that the strikes leave "the hungry helpless," but Fast Food Forward, the group organizing the protests, says the demonstrations have led to a series of workplace victories, including raises, more hours--"and most recently, a repaired air conditioner on the hottest day of the year." (It's the little things, right?)

Read more at http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2013/07/fast_food_strik.php

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You Want a Living Wage With That? Fast Food Workers of N.Y.C. Prep for Another Strike (Original Post) hrmjustin Jul 2013 OP

In other cities too. Media said it might be a bad day to get a burger and fries! lunasun Jul 2013 #1

I tis great to see them doing this. Hope they get what they are looking for. hrmjustin Jul 2013 #2

How DARE they. Their CEO's arent going to like that. ErikJ Jul 2013 #3

Those poor CEO's might have to live on 20 million instead of 30 million. How will they manage! hrmjustin Jul 2013 #4

It's the PRINCIPLE of the thing with them.... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #7

Hopefully someone with brains that works for them will tell them to do the right thing, but I doubt hrmjustin Jul 2013 #8

They have to believe a victory on the payroll front will cost them even more in bad PR. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #9

Well like you said they are greedy and they sold their souls for money. They will do what makes hrmjustin Jul 2013 #12

Damn shame that "U" word keeps popping up. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #13

Doyou think they ever could get a union? hrmjustin Jul 2013 #14

Well, maybe not the good kind.... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #16

I hope they can form a union. Time will tell. hrmjustin Jul 2013 #18

It'll happen.... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #19

Yeah that is another problem. hrmjustin Jul 2013 #20

One of the things I say about electing a President.... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #22

Yes that says it all. hrmjustin Jul 2013 #23

Don't forget their gold wastebaskets. SummerSnow Jul 2013 #26

It's New York,...how does it go? "If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere".... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #5

On the highways and bridges you will see FUGETABOUTIT when you enter Brooklyn. hrmjustin Jul 2013 #6

They worry about the Feds sending in some boyscouts. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #10

No the Borough President put them up to promote Brooklyn. I don't know how it does but he says so. hrmjustin Jul 2013 #11

Oh, come on. They'll have local bribed officials appoint secret bribed grand juries... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #15

I think something is in the water. Especially in Albany and Trenton. hrmjustin Jul 2013 #17

Too bad it ain't the Statue of Liberty. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #21

In NY about 10% of the senate is under investigation. hrmjustin Jul 2013 #24

Only because the other 90% have already been found guilty. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #27

Or they are better at paying people off not to get indicted. hrmjustin Jul 2013 #28

Kick. hrmjustin Jul 2013 #25

lunasun

(21,646 posts)

1. In other cities too. Media said it might be a bad day to get a burger and fries!

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Sun Jul 28, 2013, 12:17 AM

Jul 2013

all they want is a living wage

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

2. I tis great to see them doing this. Hope they get what they are looking for.

Reply to lunasun (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 28, 2013, 12:19 AM

Jul 2013

ErikJ

(6,335 posts)

3. How DARE they. Their CEO's arent going to like that.

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Sun Jul 28, 2013, 01:31 AM

Jul 2013

They might have to cut back on their multi-million salaries and their investors' dividends.

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

4. Those poor CEO's might have to live on 20 million instead of 30 million. How will they manage!

Reply to ErikJ (Reply #3)

Sun Jul 28, 2013, 01:33 AM

Jul 2013

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)

7. It's the PRINCIPLE of the thing with them....

Reply to hrmjustin (Reply #4)

Sun Jul 28, 2013, 01:55 AM

Jul 2013

They will gladly spend hundreds of millions to keep from having to give their workers a thirty cent raise.

Then they will go to a PR firm and spend a fortune to print the employee manual that talks about how much they care.

Then, they'll quietly take out a "Dead Peasant" policy out on the leaders of the strikes.

What? Oh, that's too bad....

Well, it IS a very violent city, you know.

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

8. Hopefully someone with brains that works for them will tell them to do the right thing, but I doubt

Reply to Spitfire of ATJ (Reply #7)

Sun Jul 28, 2013, 01:57 AM

Jul 2013

they will listen.

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)

9. They have to believe a victory on the payroll front will cost them even more in bad PR.

Reply to hrmjustin (Reply #8)

Sun Jul 28, 2013, 02:11 AM

Jul 2013

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

12. Well like you said they are greedy and they sold their souls for money. They will do what makes

Reply to Spitfire of ATJ (Reply #9)

Sun Jul 28, 2013, 02:17 AM

Jul 2013

money for them. My guess is they will make some concessions but not very good ones.

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)

13. Damn shame that "U" word keeps popping up.

Reply to hrmjustin (Reply #12)

Sun Jul 28, 2013, 02:21 AM

Jul 2013

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

14. Doyou think they ever could get a union?

Reply to Spitfire of ATJ (Reply #13)

Sun Jul 28, 2013, 02:23 AM

Jul 2013

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)

16. Well, maybe not the good kind....

Reply to hrmjustin (Reply #14)

Sun Jul 28, 2013, 02:29 AM

Jul 2013

You know,...the ones with baseball bats.

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

18. I hope they can form a union. Time will tell.

Reply to Spitfire of ATJ (Reply #16)

Sun Jul 28, 2013, 02:35 AM

Jul 2013

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)

19. It'll happen....

Reply to hrmjustin (Reply #18)

Sun Jul 28, 2013, 02:40 AM

Jul 2013

Then the owners can arrange for the Union to sell them out.

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

20. Yeah that is another problem.

Reply to Spitfire of ATJ (Reply #19)

Sun Jul 28, 2013, 02:41 AM

Jul 2013

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)

22. One of the things I say about electing a President....

Reply to hrmjustin (Reply #20)

Sun Jul 28, 2013, 04:18 AM

Jul 2013

Republicans vote for a LEADER that they can FOLLOW. Also a BOSS they expect US to OBEY. (They then accuse us of being disloyal to the thug.)

Democrats vote like it's for a Union Steward and watch them like a hawk for signs they've been sold out. (Often going into total crying jags at the slightest hint that it's happening AGAIN!!! WAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!)

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

23. Yes that says it all.

Reply to Spitfire of ATJ (Reply #22)

Sun Jul 28, 2013, 12:55 PM

Jul 2013

SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)

26. Don't forget their gold wastebaskets.

Reply to ErikJ (Reply #3)

Sun Jul 28, 2013, 02:00 PM

Jul 2013

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)

5. It's New York,...how does it go? "If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere"....

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Sun Jul 28, 2013, 01:45 AM

Jul 2013

So figure out how to make it in New York, you corporate bastards.

Otherwise,....

There's plenty of mom and pop stores to fill the void. Oh, and they can afford to pay more since they're not diverting funds to bribe politicians and judges and paying for high priced lawyers. Not to mention shareholders.

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

6. On the highways and bridges you will see FUGETABOUTIT when you enter Brooklyn.

Reply to Spitfire of ATJ (Reply #5)

Sun Jul 28, 2013, 01:48 AM

Jul 2013

And remember our politicians are not worried about if they will loose their elections, they worry about the next round of indictments.

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)

10. They worry about the Feds sending in some boyscouts.

Reply to hrmjustin (Reply #6)

Sun Jul 28, 2013, 02:13 AM

Jul 2013

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

11. No the Borough President put them up to promote Brooklyn. I don't know how it does but he says so.

Reply to Spitfire of ATJ (Reply #10)

Sun Jul 28, 2013, 02:15 AM

Jul 2013

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)

15. Oh, come on. They'll have local bribed officials appoint secret bribed grand juries...

Reply to hrmjustin (Reply #11)

Sun Jul 28, 2013, 02:28 AM

Jul 2013

It's the old saying, "You want to make a federal case of it?" that keeps them up at night.

Especially if the Feds send in people who still believe in all that "public servant" stuff.

And let's face it. Jersey / New York qualifies as interstate shenanigans.