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12. The issue I have is when you decide that the new

Tue Dec 3, 2013, 05:06 PM

Dec 2013

Minimum wage for unskilled labor is X, how does that affect the people with skills who were already making X because they had job skills and experience?

If you had worked for 5 years and were getting paid 15/hr...or double the wage of a 16yr old with no work experience...what would you think you were worth if that 16 yr old were now valued at your current wage?

Fast food jobs are low paying becAuse they don't require any job skills to do them. Unionizing them doesn't mean the fry guy has more job skills or value as a worker

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Fast Food Strikes Called in 100 Cities... [View all] Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 OP

This is a win-win-win situation Blue Owl Dec 2013 #1

So you want people to eat less fast food Dreamer Tatum Dec 2013 #3

FF corporations CAN afford to pay more, but CEO greed prevents it Blue Owl Dec 2013 #4

It's not a matter of ability, it's a matter of need Blanket Statements Dec 2013 #5

There was an "overabundance" of labor during the Depression, yet unions grew rapidly. Eleanors38 Dec 2013 #7

Skilled vs unskilled labor Blanket Statements Dec 2013 #8

So all those depression-era unionized jobs were skilled? Eleanors38 Dec 2013 #9

You're trying to compare two different economies Blanket Statements Dec 2013 #10

Would you support FF workers getting, say, $12/hr,? Eleanors38 Dec 2013 #11

The issue I have is when you decide that the new Blanket Statements Dec 2013 #12

Fast food workers have become the new Industrial workers. Eleanors38 Dec 2013 #2

"Do you want fries with that?"..nt Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 #6

To find a Thurs. lunch hour rally near you use D5 Protest Locator (enter Zip Code at link): pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #13