McDonald’s Protesters Demand $15 Per Hour –Image: Demos@Twitter
(Chicago Tribune) After marching to McDonald’s headquarters today, 10 protesters from a crowd of more than 1,000 were allowed on McDonald’s property to deliver a petition–calling for a $15 per hour wages for the company’s front line workers.
“We want a fair share,” workers protesters and agitators chanted.
What is fairness? What maybe is ‘fair’ for you isn’t ‘fair’ for me? Maybe McDonald’s workers should be just happy to have a job?
When government mandates a ‘minimum wage’ then businesses make adjustments to pay for the added costs writes CATO Institute such as reducing hiring, cutting employee work hours, reducing benefits and charging higher prices. Some policymakers believe that companies simply absorb the costs of minimum wage increases through reduced profits…
- If $15 per hour is a so called ‘living wage’ why not $20 per hour?
Better yet, maybe $50 per hour or why not a cool $100.00 per hour?
McDonald’s Former Workers: No ObamaCare, No Protesting,
No Overtime, No Work Slow Downs, No Vacations…
Image: Krispy Konservative
Flashback: On the 28 October I wrote here that Lowe’s debuts its ‘Robotic Shopping Assistants’ at its Orchard Supply Hardware store in San Jose — No ObamaCare, Not Demanding Higher Wages, No Work Stoppages, No Sick Leave, No Missed Days…
Related: Restaurants Close Doors After Seattle Hikes Minimum Wage
Seattle’s $15 Wage Law a Factor in Restaurants Closings
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