US fast-food workers plan strike to demand $15-an-hour minimum wage

[Defmix100 7,172]

1 hour ago, POP A 911 said:

I support raising minimum wage, but as soon as it gets raised, everything else shoots way up in price. It’s just a giant game of catch up

apparently USA's minimum wage hasn't increased in over a decade but costs of goods have, so wages aren't matching what citizens now need today

I also found this

[RAMROD 117,988]

Raise it to $20 and they better have no excuse that the "mcflurry machine is broken" anymore when it isn't, they just lazy at refilling it and cleaning it.

[ALGAYDO 35,389]

Should be $18 tbh. Especially during the midst of a motherfúcking pandemic. 

[Holy Mayhem 3,681]

33 minutes ago, Defmix100 said:

apparently USA's minimum wage hasn't increased in over a decade but costs of goods have, so wages aren't matching what citizens now need today

I also found this

Arizona minimum wage has been going up every year, I believe we’re at $12.15 now 

[SlayMeToVenus 3,290]

I make $13.25, about to get a raise to $14. I’m the assistant manager at a KFC. I couldn’t imagine making less & having kids or other people that depend on me. It’s hard living on my own with the money I make now. 

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47 minutes ago, Dulo Peep said:

i am so sorry! now i realize how unfortunate and awkward my comment was. Sincerely sorry 

queen!

[Morphine Prince 109,934]

The truth is people want to earn more than people who work in fast food or cleaning jobs because they perceive them as “unskilled” and “low” - but these jobs are pretty essential. 

Many people also like to feel superior to others and are willing to let people not make a living wage just to feel good about themselves. 

 

[TimisaMonster 31,073]

How people think even $15 an hour is sustainable to live off of is astounding to me...the government is so out of touch...

[Gagaloo911 12,959]

5 hours ago, POP A 911 said:

I support raising minimum wage, but as soon as it gets raised, everything else shoots way up in price. It’s just a giant game of catch up

This is literally Republican talking points and propaganda used to prevent the increase of the minimum wage.

Ever heard of inflation? It's the fact that prices for food, housing, goods, etc go up over time. And this happens regardless of whether pay also goes up.

Wouldn't it make sense that if prices on literally everything else goes up, that minimum wage and wages should too? 

Otherwise how could people afford anything in the long-run 

[Gagaloo911 12,959]

2 hours ago, TimisaMonster said:

How people think even $15 an hour is sustainable to live off of is astounding to me...the government is so out of touch...

Better than the current $7.25 federal minimum wage right now. 

This is literally double that lol

[TimisaMonster 31,073]

9 minutes ago, Gagaloo911 said:

Better than the current $7.25 federal minimum wage right now. 

This is literally double that lol

7.25 is literally slavery...

[Meredith Grey 3,225]

It should be higher than 15 dollars, i work in food service and make 14 an hour and only bring home like 350 a week. And it’s hard to get 40 hours a week at most places because the hours are “competitive”. To this day i don’t understand how companies say they have “competitive” pay and hours like it’s a GOOD thing?? But 350 a week is not livable when an apartment is like 1,100 plus utilities a month. Jobs should pay you enough to atleast have a home, food to eat and drink, and have a car or transportation. Especially considering how draining it is. Before working in fast food I was the secretary at a law firm and didn’t realize how good it actually was there. What’s even crazier to me is that half my managers have college degrees and work here because the pay is better than any job they can get with their degree.

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54 minutes ago, Meredith Grey said:

It should be higher than 15 dollars, i work in food service and make 14 an hour and only bring home like 350 a week. And it’s hard to get 40 hours a week at most places because the hours are “competitive”. To this day i don’t understand how companies say they have “competitive” pay and hours like it’s a GOOD thing?? But 350 a week is not livable when an apartment is like 1,100 plus utilities a month. Jobs should pay you enough to atleast have a home, food to eat and drink, and have a car or transportation. Especially considering how draining it is. Before working in fast food I was the secretary at a law firm and didn’t realize how good it actually was there. What’s even crazier to me is that half my managers have college degrees and work here because the pay is better than any job they can get with their degree.

How do you guys even survive making around 18g a year it's absolutely crazy 

I'm so sorry

 

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7 hours ago, Agunimon said:

And in some places (which is for sure against the law) you can’t call out unless you have someone to replace your shift with or they’ll discipline you and you could be at risk to losing your job.

Wait a minute.... my job uses this “system”, we’re basically consigned to work the same schedule that generally is the same from week to week, changing seasonally. If you’re sick you can get written up if you don’t actually find someone to replace you on “your” shift and you still don’t come in. The only way to avoid it is to go to a doctor or minute clinic and get a note. Like they put it all on you and it doesn’t feel right, but I didn’t know if I had a leg to stand on to call this kind of stuff out. I just figured it was legal I guess?? 

[Defmix100 7,172]

7 hours ago, POP A 911 said:

Arizona minimum wage has been going up every year, I believe we’re at $12.15 now 

Yeah I think it is the federal minimum wage that hasn't changed but some states have changed themselves, I read one of them is less than $6