Fast food workers strike, demanding $15 an hour

[Commander in Chiefin]

 

[Midwest]

So people are gonna ignore that the top 1% have 32 trillion dollars overseas that they taken away from the US Economy, but complain that fast food workers demand $15 an hour?

Yall nikkas are not going to be millionaires working for someone else. Not IT, not nursing, not working as an engineer, NOTHING. Stop defending "capitalism" aka fascism and stop defend the 1% that would have locked you up in chains if it was still legal.

 

[Wild self]

these fools really want these workers to bend over...for what? why would anyone be mad at someone trying to get more money?

you know what it is, these cats dont care about anyone but themselves. they not working fast food, so they dont give a sh!t

well I dont work fast food, I make a good salary, plus side hustles. I make good money...and I these fast food workers for trying to get what they feel they deserve.

:FOH: at anyone thinking these coporations are walking a fine line. theres anough revunue to pay these workers what they want, they just dont want to.

Yup, many of them are making record profits, but hate the fact that workers demand a fair shake in life. On some crabs in a barrel type of shyt.

I think there are a few reasons to the phenomenon of pro-1% responses here.

In America, we consider the rich to be Gods. We dont question them. We just exist in their world. If we suck up to em enough, one day they might be generous enough to make us one of them.

Powerless mentality. Many feel like they are powerless to challenge big time corporate America, so they bristle at the notion; however, these cats do feel power in challenging the fast food workers, because they consider them lower on society's rung. Its kind of like the punk who wont stand up to the bully of the block, who takes his money, but he'll beat on the 95 pound weakling who is minding his own business.

Hater mentality. I know everyone here is IT, six figga niqqa, but from some of the responses I have a suspicion that 15 n hour would be a come up for some. Straight up, they dont wanna see niqqas come up and get theirs, so they would rather the corporate daddies keep that money and ship it to the cayman islands, then to see one of their friends make a decent hourly wage.

SMH.

Yup that why I hate these fukkers that kiss ass to people cause they have money. On some spineless shyt. What kind of example are these people setting for their children? Guess people need their basic rights taken away from them in order for them to gain some sense and respect for their fellow man. We live in a day and age where broke people are fighting AGAINST the unions. Type of shyt is that?

 

[Wild self]

Im sorry. This post is awful. This is the exact self-loathing mentality that has extracted our wealth as a middle class, and designed our historically imbalanced economic distribution in favor of the wealthy. Fighting for your rights as a worker is not a "woe is me" attitude. I hope you know that with that post you are directly insulting men like Martin Luther King, Cesar Chavez, and other luminary figures.

They don't know the difference anymore. Some posters in here are so selfish that they can never think of other people. I make good money, but it would be fukked up if I look down on fast food workers simply cause where they work at.

 

[Schmoove]

Of course McDonalds and any major chain could do all these things but does that mean they SHOULD!! People need to start standing up against the bullshyt. McDonalds makes BILLIONS in revenue every single year so it's not even a question of if they can pay the higher wage, it's only a matter of will they...and we know they won't because of GREED. Doesn't make it right no matter what argument yall come with.







Who has deemed their skills of lower quality or necessity than yours or anyone else's?!?! In any society you NEED ppl doing these so-called "lower skill" jobs but that doesn't mean they still shouldn't get paid for their contributions. They fulfill a need in society just as every other person that works. I don't subscribe to the field slave/house slave mentality...where if you was a house slave you had more worth than a field slave. Everybody who works is part of someone's workforce and should share in the profits especially when that employing entity is making BILLIONS upon BILLIONS every year.

Trust me...you and I share the same viewpoint.

But until the federal government deems this shyt illegal with penalties next to death, it ain't changing.

The "freedom" in this country is in the wrong places.

 

[Ms~Opinionated]

You have no idea what the fukk you are talking about do you? :sayword: And that's not even getting into the meat and potatoes of your idiotic thoughts.

Why don't you do yourself a favor and skip my posts.

 

[Kobes Two Jerseys]

I can actually see why they're mad tho,, they invested all that money into something they'd believe would pay off and got burnt


These law schools are pumping out too many degrees and basically robbing these students of money




But at the end of the day the students should be mad at themselves for the situation they're in You gotta do research on shyt before you invest in it and if you get burnt that's on you

There are plenty of college graduates in the same boat, but they aren't suing the schools because of it.

 

[Ms~Opinionated]

Im sorry. This post is awful. This is the exact self-loathing mentality that has extracted our wealth as a middle class, and designed our historically imbalanced economic distribution in favor of the wealthy. Fighting for your rights as a worker is not a "woe is me" attitude. I hope you know that with that post you are directly insulting men like Martin Luther King, Cesar Chavez, and other luminary figures.

OMGosh

The idea that you should DO FOR YOURSELF is self-loathing and has helped "extract" middle class wealth. lmao

And I am directly insulting luminary figures.

You have a right to leave, not tell someone else how to run their business. That is freedom. You are free to leave and McDonalds is free to do what it does.

What you are advocating is a man working for fish, while spending his life begging for more. I am advocating a man learning how to fish, so that he can say F U.

There is no kind of slavery like being a slave to paycheck. What sickens me is this liberal notion that everyone needs more money, instead of more education.

100 years from now they will still be wanting a raise, instead of saying screw the system, I am creating my own.

I am sorry that the complexity of my ideas escape some of the members here. But it is very simple, independence is better than dependence. Who could be insulted by that?

Oh and let me address this idea that people like me kiss ass to the rich. lol I don't know any rich people and I am not waiting for a crumb to drop from their table. Let's be clear, my ideas are that people should do for themselves and not wait for anybody, 'cause you will be waiting a long time. Don't wait for the government to get it together. Don't wait for McDonalds to get it together. Change yourself and screw everyone else. That is freedom - independence.

Sorry that these ideas are so offensive.

 

[Rarely-Wrong Liggins]

Why don't you do yourself a favor and skip my posts.

Why don't you do yourself a favor and post in coherent English instead of like some help desk jockey in Mumbai?

I've seen you and others suggest hard work and making your own way and all these other outdated platitudes from the 19th century but no one has laid out a concrete plan on how your average McDonald's "lifer" would do that. Go to school? How? Where? What major? Any grant or scholarship benefits for a 33 year old working single mother? Day care for extra time spent out of the house? Time management suggestions? Transportation? Food? Etc. etc.

One more thing; Retta has stated numerous times that these jobs are supposed to be temporary. Okay, fine. Say a person is at McDonald's for a year. There's 12 months in a year. For the twelve months they are there they still need to be able to pay the bills. You can't tell your landlord "Hey, this job is just a stepping stone, I got you after a few years of school and a better job. "

 

[Wild self]

Why are you determining somebody elses value as an employee? Why are you attempting to cap their earnings based on some arbitrary value (anti capitalist)? Why are you reducing a collective labor force in a different industry to your job, you life, and your experiences? Why do you want to put the complete power of employees lives in the hands of ownership who dont give a fck about them? Why are you ignoring decades, upon decades, upon decades of organized labor battles and objectives that fought to ensure a fair living standard for employees? Why are you so oppositional to men like Martin Luther king? Why do I keep going back and forth with you?

Alright. I get it. You're great. Burger flippers aint. They dont deserve a livable wage. The end.

They simply delusional. Even people in Japan and in Europe look down on those people that shyt on others simply cause where they work. Lot of Mitt Romney cats barking at the fact that America is going down the drain cause of this bullshyt that fast food becoming the standard job.

 

[rapbeats]

Roughly 400 workers at 70 McDonald's, Burger King, KFC and Domino's restaurants rallied for better wages and union benefits.
"The cost of living is going up but salaries are not,"

Organizers estimated that there are 50,000 fast-food workers in New York City who earn $10,000 to $18,000 per year




Fast food workers strike, demanding $15 an hour and unions - NY Daily News

everyone deserves a livable wage. and anything under $14.00 in NY/CALI. aint livable to be honest.

so to those that say these people are stupid for asking for this much. you dont get it. you are still a slave mentally. you dont see these articles posted right here in the Coli talking about zillionaires tucking cash away overseas(illegally at times) . you have not read enough stories about how the bankers, wallstreet did us dirty . us being all of the world. not just us and in the US. but you still dont think you're entitled to anything. stop thinking like a Slave worker BEE. thats how we got to this point.

look slaves.

if fastfood makes 14 to 15 per hour.

that doesnt mean they are creeping up on some of you that make 14+ doing what you think is REAL work. you know like..sitting in meetings all day, pushing papers.shoot we dont even push paper literally anymore, move emails around. lol. and we clowning them for asking for 15per. we making 14+ for doing a lot of nothing to be honest. keep it 150. you know you aint working that hard for the money you're earning. most people dont. so dont hate on these people.

anytime you work, you should make a wage which you can survive off of without living with 10 people in a 1 bedroom.

and if by chance they do get 15per. that means the email pushers/ the meetings all day guys will also get a boost. stop being so afraid mcd's employees will make almost as much as you do.

 

[Wild self]

everyone deserves a livable wage. and anything under $14.00 in NY/CALI. aint livable to be honest.

so to those that say these people are stupid for asking for this much. you dont get it. you are still a slave mentally. you dont see these articles posted right here in the Coli talking about zillionaires tucking cash away overseas(illegally at times) . you have not read enough stories about how the bankers, wallstreet did us dirty . us being all of the world. not just us and in the US. but you still dont think you're entitled to anything. stop thinking like a Slave worker BEE. thats how we got to this point.

look slaves.

if fastfood makes 14 to 15 per hour.

that doesnt mean they are creeping up on some of you that make 14+ doing what you think is REAL work. you know like..sitting in meetings all day, pushing papers.shoot we dont even push paper literally anymore, move emails around. lol. and we clowning them for asking for 15per. we making 14+ for doing a lot of nothing to be honest. keep it 150. you know you aint working that hard for the money you're earning. most people dont. so dont hate on these people.

anytime you work, you should make a wage which you can survive off of without living with 10 people in a 1 bedroom.

and if by chance they do get 15per. that means the email pushers/ the meetings all day guys will also get a boost. stop being so afraid mcd's employees will make almost as much as you do.

Amazing, isn't it? Trillion of dollars being stolen and no one speaks a word about that outside of me and a couple of other posters.

@ the hatred of fast food workers all of a sudden? Letting these crooked ass execs and rappers fool ya like that.

 

[rapbeats]

Amazing, isn't it? Trillion of dollars being stolen and no one speaks a word about that outside of me and a couple of other posters.

@ the hatred of fast food workers all of a sudden? Letting these crooked ass execs and rappers fool ya like that.

we deserve what we get. we're just plain stupid.

"hey dont let that man get $15 . thats to much money... thats not fair. he dont work that hard. he didnt go to school and blow 50 to 100k like i did and has loans to pay. dont you let him get 15."

all the while.

mcdees is racking in billions. hiding their money overseas to most likely. dodging taxes.

this same mentality is what put wesley snipes in jail. idiots mad at a millionaire actor like wes not paying his "fair share" but when you find out some billionaire isnt paying his. you aint even alarmed.

we're dumb. thats the best way to describe us. just DUMB.

 

[Ms~Opinionated]

Why don't you do yourself a favor and post in coherent English instead of like some help desk jockey in Mumbai?

I've seen you and others suggest hard work and making your own way and all these other outdated platitudes from the 19th century but no one has laid out a concrete plan on how your average McDonald's "lifer" would do that. Go to school? How? Where? What major? Any grant or scholarship benefits for a 33 year old working single mother? Day care for extra time spent out of the house? Time management suggestions? Transportation? Food? Etc. etc.

One more thing; Retta has stated numerous times that these jobs are supposed to be temporary. Okay, fine. Say a person is at McDonald's for a year. There's 12 months in a year. For the twelve months they are there they still need to be able to pay the bills. You can't tell your landlord "Hey, this job is just a stepping stone, I got you after a few years of school and a better job. "

McDonalds is considered entry level. Do you know what that means? Anybody can be trained to work at McDonalds. No experience required. The idea is that you START AT THERE, NOT STAY THERE FOREVER.

Encouraging McDonalds to pay more would encourage more people to make a career out of it.

If everyone made a career out of McDonalds, how would high schoolers find a job? Entry level jobs would be taken by 40 year olds. It is already difficult to find jobs that don't require experience.

A shift in mentality needs to take place. We will not get this from the media, school, or gov't. I don't trust nan one.

The only way for everyone to do better is if we go back. Go back to 3 generations of a family living under one roof. Temporarily of course. Taking care of your own is very unselfish. Kicking your children out at 18 is very selfish.

So the idea that someone at McDonalds can't pay their rent is crazy, they shouldn't have to if they have a family. If they live on their own and need the money, they have to find a better job, get a roommate. If they don't have family, THEN they can rely on the government.

This dependency idea only HELPS the rich. Dependency means there are a lot of slaves to take advantage of. As soon as people realize they can do better, they will be good. Or they can be dependent and be exploited. *Rubs hands together like evil genius*

My solution is localization, the opposite of globalization. Small businesses run by families serving local communities, not corporate behemoths. Everyone makes a decent wage serving their community, no one feels exploited. Tighter knit communities and families. Cultures would probably need or want to segregate and serve their own community's unique needs. Some companies will need to be global, but not every company needs to be global.

 

[CashmereThoughts]

It's a very difficult concept to grasp but the dollar goes both ways... a profit can be made in an unproductive and productive manner. In Norway the oil companies lose almost 85% of PROFITS, PROFITS to the government in royalties before they get any, and still have to pay taxes... yet people are bidding out the ass to get that black gold... because it's profitable.

I could run a gigantic food chain and sell 1 dollar burgers if I knew I could pay my employees such a low wage that the govt would pick up the rest of the slack... maybe we don't need to live in a world of dollar burgers and fries... a novel concept

It's fukking burger flipping. It is the most entry level work you can find.

You have coveted city jobs paying 15 x Hr. And you have to pass tests and in some cases actually have skills to get those jobs. And Fastfood company's are supposed to offer pay that's competitive with Better jobs that people are actually competing to get?

People in here are so worried about "greed" and what Executives and CEOs make. Execs command 6 figures in any company, CEO earn millions, IN ANY COMPANY! See, that's what their experience and skill set demands.

On the flip side, not having any skills, education or at least ambition to do better doesn't command more then 7.50 an hour. It ain't even greedy, as an employer you pay people what there services are worth. And doing a job that a 15 year old can do with almost no training ain't really worth much. People who choose to live in the most expensive city in America and choose to work dead end jobs complaining that it ain't enough money to survive.

No shyt!