Sooo..NYC Fast Food Workers Went On Strike. Want a Union.

It's classic divide and conquer...one guy gets $9 and hour at a different shop (same work) a union guy get $15 dollars an hour...both shops owned by the same people....very, very rich...
but to hear them tell it.....barely scrapping by....
Now the guy making $9 dollars an hour starts to think about what his daddy told him...Son we don't need no stinking union...I get a turkey every year at Christmas, and we have the nicest trailer in the park....and they call it a " Right to work state" Thats got to be good! YEEE HAAAA!!!! Beside I watch Fox news and Bill O'Reilly says unions are bad...just like the Boss man told us..It MUST BE TRUE....
Its that bad ole unions fault why everything is so expensive!!!
But what Jethro doesn't know is the union shop is making money hand over fist too....So instead of trying to improve his standard of living...He falls for Billy Os and the Boss mans Gospel...And tries to Destroy the only entity out there ( even with its faults) that will ever help him....in so doing...He only pulls the Union guy Down...now they are both shit house poor and with all the saving the boss man makes... Do you think he shares it with his workers? Hell NO !! He lobbies Congress to let him move his operation to Bangladesh.... And they give it a spiffy name like " FREE TRADE " hell that must be good too!!!!

I've worked union jobs and non union jobs...Union is better
I've been Flush and I've been broke...Flush is better
and bar non....The Cheapest..most Greedy people I have ever dealt with were ALWAYS rich...

As that franchise owner....if ANY of those union protesting freaks were from my store....I'd make sure they had no job when they walked back in.

I think arrogance is running rampant in our society.

Yeah, the arrogance of corporations dictating you and your government how to behave.
Telling you that you have no rights, only duties.
Telling you that you don't deserve dignity if you don't have a university degree.
Telling that if you can't accept to be a slave, you deserve to starve.

And you call yourself a democracy

Yes it is a democracy. Everything you just mentioned what everyone is voting for.

Yeah, the arrogance of corporations dictating you and your government how to behave.
Telling you that you have no rights, only duties.
Telling you that you don't deserve dignity if you don't have a university degree.
Telling that if you can't accept to be a slave, you deserve to starve.

And you call yourself a democracy

I know right, they all voted for the corporate asslickers republicans.

Yeah, the arrogance of corporations dictating you and your government how to behave.
Telling you that you have no rights, only duties.
Telling you that you don't deserve dignity if you don't have a university degree.
Telling that if you can't accept to be a slave, you deserve to starve.

And you call yourself a democracy

How dare the slaves ask for a living wage!

Guess the Commie pawns never got the memo that fast food jobs are typically layovers for high school, college, or between-job employees. McDonald's is NOT a career path! At least, not in the country I grew up in.

So quick on the Union Trash Talk. But I sure didn't see a thread on the CEO's of Twinkies who are wanting million dollar bonuses or this:

[link to americablog.com]

fire them all and replace them. TONS of people would be there to take their place in an instant.

Boss from my last job did that. Employees wanted to unionize the shop and made all the moves. He fired every last one of them and replaced them easily.

This all happened right before I was hired. He was a great boss and wasn't stingy with the raises and benefits.

Drop out of school, can not speak proper English and can't write or articulate a proper sentence, but wants to make as much as someone with a degree.
Makes sense to me.
So, go to Micky Dee's, order your Big Mac value meal for $17 and enjoy!

What skill do they bring to the table that deserves $15?

I recall a guy from the truckers' union on the radio complaining about the Mexican trucks on the roads. "The safety is bad! You're all gonna die!"

When they opened up the phone lines, person after person called in and handed him his ass. It was funny.

i hope they get a raise, $9 an hour is horseshit, i wouldnt..couldnt work for that amount.

especially when we're talking about multi-billion dollar multi-national corporations..like mcd & kfc

their greed is stunning.

clearly why jesus said its easier for a camel to fit through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to get into heaven.

i hope they get a raise, $9 an hour is horseshit, i wouldnt..couldnt work for that amount.

especially when we're talking about multi-billion dollar multi-national corporations..like mcd & kfc

their greed is stunning.

clearly why jesus said its easier for a camel to fit through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to get into heaven.

What skill do the executives bring to the table that deserves hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars per year? The skill that they just happened to get lucky?

Do you really think that those jobs are difficult? Those are the kind of jobs that you fall into because of networking, not because you are the smartest cookie.

Honestly, I think that with the way the American people are being treated I wouldn't be surprised if there is a resurgence of unions. Corporate executives are taking advantage of people simply because they know we have no other choice.

I love it when the mouthpieces of the elite and rich come into threads like these and say "you think that these people should make a livable wage? They have no skills!" Do they work? Are they serving people, including yourself? Would you want to do the job?

I can understand people who say that Unions are a bad thing, because when they become corrupted they ARE. When they are a force for the workers and not for the Mafia or other organized crime I'd say that they are a force for good. Unions need to also be able to accept that certain things, such as pensions, are no longer viable. Living wages, though, certainly should be on the table!