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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...,
I hope each and every one of them get fired and replaced. That way they get NO money, they are fired for cause, and get NO unemployment.
I am sure that for every person who walked out on their job, there are 2 people wanting that job.
do these people understand they are UNSKILLED labor
No, they don't.
And that's the main issue. People seem to feel entitled and think that if they have ANY job, that job should be able to support them (and their families) for life.
Nevermind the fact that said job has zero skill or education requirements and can be done by literally anyone - since they have the job, they think that's all they should ever need.
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.
SO if not enough Americans are willing to work at these establishments for $7/hour in order to find help the establishments will have to raise their wage.
They will always need workers it is just a matter of enough workers willing to work for that wage or not.
The main problem is wages have not kept up with inflation. $7.25 would of been fine for the 90's but definitely not anymore.
The housing bubble, college bubble, tax bubble, etc. government caused inflation is responsible for that.
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