Daily Ticker Writes: McDonald’s Should Share Billions in Profits With Fast Food Workers: Labor Organizer
When 250,000 people marched on the National Mall 50 years ago they demanded among other things a hike in the minimum wage from $1.25 to $2 an hour. Today thousands of fast food workers are holding a one-day strike in cities across the country, demanding a wage of $15 an hour. That’s equivalent to the $2 an hour protestors called for in 1963, after adjusting for inflation.
Organizers report that workers have walked off their jobs in 60 U.S. cities today, including New York City where 500 striking workers took over a McDonald’s at 5th Avenue near 34th Street, and the Empire State Building.
In addition to a $15-an-hour wage, protestors want the right to form a union without intimidation or retaliation from their employer.
Kendall Fells, the organizing director of Fast Food Forward, which is overseeing the New York City campaign, tells The Daily Ticker that these workers are not demanding that Congress raise the minimum wage but that the companies that employ them pay a living wage.
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What is happening to American capitalism? Why does everyone want a handout and/or a bailout. Why should you earn $15/hour when the market is only willing to pay $7.25/hour. Why should corporations share profits with workers when the shareholders (the real people who took the risk) are left behind?
At least for now, corporations like McDonald’s should not worry about any traction in this movement. At the same time, these companies should
1. Fire striking workers.
2. Replace them with robots. Which is already starting to happen.
As for the workers in question. Do yourself a favor and get a better skill set, a better job and a better pay. Any excuse that limits you ability to do so, is just that, an excuse. Stop being lazy, get off your ass and do what you need to do in order to improve your life.
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