Fast Food Strikes Spread from NYC and Go National (home, neighborhoods)

[30to66at55]

Originally Posted by stan4

I'll pop champagne the day they shut down all the fast food places around here. Huzzah!

Does that include Starbucks?

[Forest_Hills_Daddy]

Originally Posted by NooYowkur81

People of all income classes go to McD's. You are making assumptions there...

Of course "people of all classes" eat in McD. But the fact remains that their largest customer base is low income. Note the phrase "by and large". That is not an assumption.

[NooYowkur81]

I saw a study where it said most menu items would only go up .17. Hardly a deal breaker. McD's is overpriced as is. A lot of people go just out of bad eating habits and the convenience. For about the same price there are several fast food options, local delis, pizzerias, etc...

That being said I think $15 an hour for fast food worker is a lot.

[Forest_Hills_Daddy]

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How can that study predict at this point by how much the hourly wage would go up? That has not been settled yet.

[NooYowkur81]

They did $15. I'll try to find link.

[NooYowkur81]

Here's a link:

Errors in McDonald's Wage Analysis

They made a mistake in the original analysis.

[BlakeJones]

If wages were too low then FF joints wouldn't be able to staff their restaurants. As it turns out, they get dozens of applications every day at that wage. The fact is that these are no skill positions (can you move your hands and move around, and do you understand english? - you're hired!). People shouldn't be trying to live off these jobs, they are meant to be for students or for adults as a stepping stone to better jobs. If you're still taking orders at Burger King after 8 years, there's something wrong with you. Pick up a book or something, gain some skills, open a side business, do something instead of complain that you don't get paid enough to flip burgers all day

[30to66at55]

No no no...Sobro says we should pay these underachievers higher wages...they deserve it for breathing.

[Gerania]

Originally Posted by 30to66at55

The uneducated dolts that work at McDonalds would be on welfare anyway. McDonalds is simply putting a few bucks into their pockets .

When are you lib fools on here going to realize every job is not equal and not deserving of anything more than a few bucks an hour.

That uneducated dolt might also be working on your car or counting your pills as a pharmacy tech among other things.

[30to66at55]

Those two jobs take a bit more education than learning how to say Fries with That Sir?

One day McDs will simply replace those workers with a couple of store greeters and let machines dispense the food...just like the MTA did with token booth clerks.