If people don’t like how McDonald’s and other fast food
restaurants treat their employees they don’t have to eat there.
It’s a free market and capitalistic approach to what some
see as a wage problem. And it’s part of what supporters of paying burger
flippers more are doing.
But, of course, the union backed groups aren’t stopping
there. That can’t just let the free market be. They are pushing for $15 an hour
minimum wage and the right for employees to unionize.
About 10 members of a union-backed group tried to deliver
a petition to a McDonald’s north of Seattle on Wednesday to that effect.
The fast food company in Mountlake Terrace, a suburb of
Seattle, said no thanks. They don’t take solicitation.
The “protest,” which consisted of a small group of Moveon.org
members trying to present the petition, comes a day before fast food workers
and supporters plan to march from SeaTac to Seattle to demand a $15-an-hour
minimum wage. Voters in the small town of SeaTac narrowly approved a $15-an-hour wage for
workers in and around its airport.
Joanne Munson, a volunteer who led the Wednesday protest,
told Northwest Watchdog in a phone interview the goal was to send a message to
fast food workers that there is support for them.
“For some people that means avoiding eating at McDonald’s
until things change,” she said.
But it’s also to support any movement to unionize, of
course.
When asked the next step for workers after the petition
was rejected, she said “they have to do their own work to organize.”
The petition demanding $15-an-hour
minimum wages was carried to fast food restaurants in five cities across the
country by Moveon.org members and is addressed to McDonald’s, Taco Bell, Burger
King, KFC, Pizza Hut, Papa John’s and Subway. It has about 50,000 signatures.
Striking workers and others are supposed to join a march
in 100 cities Thursday. Watchdog.org reported
Tuesday that the Restaurant Opportunities Center, a union front and ACORN
knockoff, is behind the movement.
The Thursday march won’t be the first in the Seattle
area. Union groups staged three protests over the summer. But, as Northwest
Watchdog reported last month, some
of those fast food workers might be getting paid by unions to protest.
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My Take – There
is a man in Cleveland who, many years ago, moved here from Greece to become a dishwasher. Why?
Because being a dishwasher here is better than anything he could hope to
accomplish in his country of origination.
He’s quite elderly now and no longer washes dishes. He hires people to wash dishes because he
owns five McDonalds.
His grandson once asked him if he would 'give' him one of his stores. He said - I will sell you one of my stores! Why? Because he wants his grandson to succeed in life, and when it's your money it means much more than given money.
Being a dishwasher doesn’t have to be
the end of the line – but the beginning of a career, if you are willing to work - go to work everyday - get to work on time - work hard - work without a bunch of negative attitudes - learn as much as you can - and be willing to stretch out and make something of yourself.
His grandchildren will succeed also!
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