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Yup, and I bet your friend is preventing A&P from hiring 2 or 3 others at a third of the pay. And we have to pay more for our food.
Since we all know the Union would be oh so accomadating to hiring more people.
So you have 1 loyal and hard working employee vs 2-3 other minimal wage miserable employees who call off and slack off at every given moment. I know the workplace trends nowadays towards having cheap disposable employees (even in skilled occupations) but still...
In Australia they already get paid $15 per hour (and have health insurance) and yet a big mac costs almost exactly the same as in the US. The same goes for several parts of Canada (like Alberta) and in several US states (like North Dakota though they don't get health insurance there).
The reality is labor costs are only about 3% of the cost of your average fast food meal and just about every other catagory in the price break down is larger.
The cost of living in Australia is 2-5 times what it is in the U.S. 15$ an hour in australia is a downgrade to the 7.25 an hour they make here.
Instead of these people and the powers to be wondering how to increase wages for low skilled work; how about tackle the reasons why the money they make is not enough?
Of course each individual has their reasons, but in general for example, housing costs eat up a large portion of a person's pay. Following up is medical, but most of these people probably do not have medical insurance, thus liability is on the government.
Sure you can tell people to get an education and so on, but you until these jobs are fully automated you will have a large amount of people working them.
Instead of these people and the powers to be wondering how to increase wages for low skilled work; how about tackle the reasons why the money they make is not enough?
Of course each individual has their reasons, but in general for example, housing costs eat up a large portion of a person's pay. Following up is medical, but most of these people probably do not have medical insurance, thus liability is on the government.
Housing is a major issue. The size of the average home has more than doubled since 1950. You have to wonder how much more money people would have if we lived in homes similar to those in 1950.
Nonsense, you tard. A house costs ~half what it does in the US, most commodities are priced the same (see example of big mac), and yet the minimum wage is far higher. The result is each employee does more work (I.E. is more productive), the companies generally have lower margins per employee, and suppliers adsorb some of the costs. I would suggest that you 1) get some basic experience with life in Australia because it is clear you're completely clueless and 2) take a class in basic economics because there are at least five ways employers can mediate labor costs none of which you have bothered to acknowledge.
Really? My 3 bedroom town home in a nice neighborhood in Va beach, with 2½ baths, eat in kitchen at 1612 sq ft, costs about $165,000.00. (plus/minus 10K) Now, where in Australia can I get that with parking for 4 cars and a back yard, for $82,500.00, (plus/minus 5K)?
Fast food workers demand $15 an hour for living wage. Right now the current federal minimum wage is $7.25, and Obama called for a raise to $9 an hour.
Thursday 8/29 will be the day thousands of fast food workers across cities walk out of their jobs to strike. I guess no McDonald's, Wendy's or Taco Bell on Thursday...,
The strike will fail. Fast food jobs require no skill. We are in a period of high unemployment. That is a combination doomed to failure.
When you're in an economy with the lowest labor participation rate in history and working a job requiring no special skill whatsoever to perform, you've picked a really bad time to suddenly demand your wages be doubled.
Not understanding these principles of economics may perhaps explain why these people are making $8 instead of $15 to begin with.
I'm feeling like some unhealthy food so I'll hit up a fast food joint today as well.
NEWSFLASH: Making hamburger and dunking fries into the fryer was NEVER meant to be a career.
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