Fast-food strikes aim at 100 cities

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Probably... Just guessing 20 years...if you ask my father I never have been

 

How long has it been your profession , ie sole way of making money ?

How long have you had your own company. ?

 

You should really get a grip...you sound like a d-bag!

 

It was my old stand by for many years....then I had kids...then it became my profession ...not on purpose..I don't wish OCD on anyone.

 

Woodstove , but no wine or sweater

 

Funny ....I don't get money from mommy and daddy then talk shit.

 

Cool...I am proud of me too

 

Seriously , how long have you had your own company. ?

 

On my 3rd year...to be fair without good employees I would not have one

 

Yup, someone gets it!

The other likelihoods are that companies now having to pay more will try to do more with less..such as hire more part-time workers to not have to pay benefits, more vacation time, 401k, et al.

They will also try to get more production from all their workers, be more picky about who they hire, and probably not give bonuses (if they currently do).

As I mentioned before, I do agree that people not making enough to meet basic needs is sad. That said, we all can't make a fortune. The world needs people to dig ditches just like it needs doctors.

 

Is minimum wage indexed to inflation ?

 

Not sure..I have mixed feelings on it myself.

 

In only a couple of states. Inflation has been flat for the last few years anyway, so there would be no increase if it were. Every increase is done by politicians.

And the increases are why McDonald's doesn't have teenagers anymore, but is full of people much too old for this to be the beginning of their career. The teenagers can't find jobs. Minimum wage jobs are for unskilled workers to start somewhere. At $15/hour, you want people with multiple years of customer-facing experience. Not people with zero experience.

I suppose a lot of young people are working at Starbucks these days, where they get lifestyle benefits with their free drink each day.

Still, if you try to force a business to double its labor costs, then it will 1) close, 2) raise prices, 3) hire more experienced, more efficient people, 4) downsize to stay below the 50-employee cap if they are close to it, or 5) replace people with technology.

Any fast food restaurant could replace its order-takers with an iPhone app. It would be a lot easier on the customer too, as we would get our order correct consistently. Such an app could reduce staffing needs by 1/3, almost offsetting the increase.

But then again, raising the minimum wage is never designed to help the unskilled. Living wage laws like those in Santa Monica have an exception for collective bargaining agreements. So, step 1 is to raise the minimum from $9 to $15. Step to is for the union to go back to the employer and say, "If you let us unionize your workforce, we'll endorse a contract for just $10/hour." Company gets a lower labor cost increase, and employees get pushed into a union where they can pay dues.

 

Interestingly, OSHA started in 1970, so it wasn't in the last 35 years.

It also means that many members of management - and senior management - were born after OSHA already existed. They've never known a time where there wasn't a regulatory requirement for management to care about safety.

Management theory has changed a lot in the 100 years since unions were strongest. Part of the reasons unions have declined so much is that management at younger non-union companies adopted safety practices and things like progressive discipline to keep things from being arbitrary. Companies like Wal-Mart and cable companies, like tech companies, let everyone buy stock. People make a lot of money with those equity investments - some of them far more than they'd ever make with salary.

I know a guy who works at a local Toyota facility (warehouse). Their safety and discipline policies are very enlightened. If an employee has an incident, they are expected to report it. They get the rest of the day to participate in the investigation. Their peer safety leader and management, etc., conducts the investigation immediately. If the employee did something wrong, they are not disciplined, they are retrained. These are non-union facilities with Japanese management styles.

However, someone who hides an incident and fails to report it faces immediate termination.

So, they create a culture of reporting and participating to make things safer. Anyone who doesn't want to play by those rules is shown the door.

 

It is okay Johnny, you can sleep peacefully at night knowing there are rough men willing to do violence so you don't have too.I can not say what I want to say to you so this will have to do..

 

There is a non union kia plant in georgia that starts at $14-16/hr, I think thats fair pay.
The gm union plant in doraville ga closed several years ago.