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Towlie

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15. Flash: Nation Crippled by Fast Food Strike! Citizens Forced To Eat Healthy Food Instead.

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Wed Aug 14, 2013, 09:46 PM

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Fast food strikes to massively expand: �They�re thinking much bigger� [View all] Omaha Steve Aug 2013 OP

K/R. (nt) NYC_SKP Aug 2013 #1

A sign of the times. 20 years ago, the industry was full of kids behind the counter. Jackpine Radical Aug 2013 #2

Many of the kids of 20 yrs ago are the same ones behind the counter now.... n/t JusticeForAll Aug 2013 #17

If I'm supposed to boycott the restaurants in support of the workers... brooklynite Aug 2013 #3

thats irony maindawg Aug 2013 #5

Doubling the wages might halve the workforce BadgerKid Aug 2013 #7

Better research please.... daleanime Aug 2013 #8

That argument gets made every time someone suggests an increase in the minimum wage. LongTomH Aug 2013 #10

Forbes:The Real Change In The Cost Of A Big Mac If McDonald's Workers Were Paid $15 An Hour: Nothing Omaha Steve Aug 2013 #14

The last studies I saw on this subject found the opposite, jobs increased in number. tclambert Aug 2013 #25

Whatever the case, doesn't it sound like a good idea to have fast-food workers staying healthy? calimary Aug 2013 #29

Having healthy, relatively happy workers is a good thing. BadgerKid Aug 2013 #30

Since this... DirtyDawg Aug 2013 #4

There's a super size joke in here somewhere. Odious justice Aug 2013 #6

cute olddots Aug 2013 #9

Not really... awoke_in_2003 Aug 2013 #16

most get it, because most live in reality fascisthunter Aug 2013 #11

In n Out Burgers cost more than McDonalds' burgers, SleeplessinSoCal Aug 2013 #12

The broad base for raising minimum wage always shocks Republicans Nevernose Aug 2013 #13

Speaking of advertising... PopeOxycontinI Aug 2013 #19

Flash: Nation Crippled by Fast Food Strike! Citizens Forced To Eat Healthy Food Instead. Towlie Aug 2013 #15

My wife and I have not eaten in any fast-food joint in the past 10 years, other than HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #22

+1 blkmusclmachine Aug 2013 #18

Hope this movement spreads and forces MSM to cover it. Eleanors38 Aug 2013 #20

might be a good thing Niceguy1 Aug 2013 #21

Fast food empires are so obscenely wealthy that the consumer pass-along wd be pennies Hekate Aug 2013 #24

paying unskilled workrrs Niceguy1 Aug 2013 #31

The problem is as follows, and I watched it happen in real time... Long, so get your popcorn, okay? Hekate Aug 2013 #32

I wish them all the best. Unions have GOT to make a comeback for the sake of the nation... Hekate Aug 2013 #23

and as I union member I agree Niceguy1 Aug 2013 #33

Please read my long post above and see what you think. Hekate Aug 2013 #34

arbitary pay increases do not go up the ladder Niceguy1 Aug 2013 #36

I have to ask why $15/hour bugs you so much. Are you living in a super low-cost area or something? Hekate Aug 2013 #35

pay should be based in skills Niceguy1 Aug 2013 #37

Concepts of fair price and just wages go back to the Medieval Catholic Church Hekate Aug 2013 #38

Progress for workers will only come from this. Benton D Struckcheon Aug 2013 #26

I'd like to see protesters demand a MAXIMUM wage. tclambert Aug 2013 #27

This is exciting. So glad this is finally starting to take root. limpyhobbler Aug 2013 #28

What's funny is that all they're asking is for the money to trickle down. Neoma Aug 2013 #39

or people will stop patronizing such places Puzzledtraveller Aug 2013 #40