The Fast Food Strike On August 29th
They aren't getting 40 hours? They should place the blame where it belongs on Obamacare and they would have more money if they didn't pay SEIU union dues.....
Wednesday, 08/21/2013 - 08:29 pm EST
The Fast Food Strike On August 29th
)] Written by Mockarena
Chicks on the Right
I have no idea why I torture myself by remaining on the SEIU mailing list, but there I remain, all masochistic-like.
Quick background: Remember several weeks ago when I went on a furious rant about fast food workers and their demand to make 30k annually? You probably ought to start there, because it's where I pretty much covered all of the main points of my fury. Click right here.
And for even more perspective, don't miss majordawg's "living wage" brilliance right here. Both of those posts generated a LOT of discussion, particularly majordawg's, which has over 200 comments on it.
And yesterday? The SEIU sent me an email announcing its nationwide fast food workers' strike on August 29th. They're demanding that those eeeeevil corporations pay them more, because they want to be paid more, and therefore they apparently believe they deserve to be paid more. Because they WANT to be, you see. They're mad that executives make so much more money than they do, and they want some of it, so they're basically having a big, fat tantrum about it.
Check out the video that I received via email from the SEIU:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPhIs677lOU
"They're (executives) making millions, and I can't pay my rent."
"I've been wearing the same pair of work pants for years."
"It's hard for me to pay my water, hard for me to pay my rent, hard for me to put gas in my car..."
OMG. I want to shake all of them and say, "Is it possible, just maybe, that it's YOUR FAULT you're in that predicament?"
On the website that the SEIU email directed me to (called Low Pay Is Not Ok!), there was an email sign up sheet which looked like this:
http://www.chicksontheright.com/imag...2055%20(2).png
See that check box? It's like these folks think they're "worth more" simply because they're breathing. THEY ARE FLIPPING BURGERS, for crying out loud.
My 7 year old could do that with about a half hour of training. And the quote from the videoabout people being treated with dignity and respect? Please. Have some dignity and respect for yourselves and GAIN SOME SKILLS. Don't be a screw-up in school so that you're forced into a low paying job as an adult. But if you are a screw-up? OWN IT. Be responsible. Don't have kids you can't afford to have. No one owes you JACK.
The website says, about this strike and campaign for higher wages: "We work for corporations that are making tremendous profits, but do not pay employees enough to support our families and to cover basic needs like food, health care, rent and transportation."
There's that whole "basic" word again in relation to "needs" like food, health care, rent and transportation. What exactly does that mean? Can someone please define "basic" food and "basic" health care and "basic" rent and "basic" transportation? What exactly is "enough?"
I'll wait right here.
http://chicksontheright.com/posts/it...on-august-29th