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Fast Food And Retail Worker Strike Supported By SEIU
Fast Food Forward is leading restaurant and retail store workers to strike for higher wages and increased work hours. Fast food workers in some major American cities are asking for more than double the current minimum wage. A little bit of common sense infused into the big pay jump request would alert entry level workers to the realization that such salary hikes would mean layoffs and price increases. The “I want it and give it to me now” culture evolving in the United States is undoubtedly bolstered by liberals and union leaders.
Flipping burgers at McDonalds or ringing up over-priced panties at Victoria’s Secret are not highly skilled jobs. Such entry level positions were once coveted by high school students and college kids. The minimum wage paychecks enabled the youngsters to buy their first car and pay for college text books. Not surprisingly, the SEIU is supporting the strike efforts by fast food and retail employees.
SEIU President Mary Lou Henry had this to say about the Fast Food Forward strike:
“SEIU members, like all service-sector workers, are worse off when large fast-food and retail companies are able to hold down wages and push down benefit standards for working people.”
Front line workers at food and retail chains cannot expect to earn more than minimum wage unless they garner work experience and training to advance to managerial positions.
Source: http://www.offthegridnews.com/2013/08/01/fast-food-and-retail-worker-strike-supported-by-seiu/
