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Omaha Steve's Labor Group

Claire Oh Nette

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10. For part time, no benefits, and ever changing schedule?

Reply to efhmc (Reply #8)

Fri May 28, 2021, 02:14 PM

May 2021

I'm guessing these restaurants are not offering medical, dental, 401(k) benefits, are they? So it's $10/hr for maybe 30 hours a week. Good one. It's barely enough to buy a Big Mac Deal. When I worked for minimum wage, I could get two McDonalds's lunches for my $3.75

$10 an hour was fine, ten years ago.
Pay workers enough to live. Then the Govmint won't have to pay in medicaid, SNAP and WIC. year.

We need a maximum wage. CEOs making multi millions, and millions scraping by at $10K a

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Kicking and Treating Workers Like They're Disposable Is Bad Business [View all] appalachiablue May 2021 OP

Spot on. Value employees. "Harvard Business Review, hardly a haven for anti-corporate sloganeering" Bernardo de La Paz May 2021 #1

Gosh, It just goes to show that even Harvard can get something right. jaxexpat May 2021 #5

They didn't get anything right arlyellowdog May 2021 #7

Screw the Harvard Business Review arlyellowdog May 2021 #2

I remember McDonald's drive-thru bucolic_frolic May 2021 #3

McD got my order wrong yesterday but spoke to the young AA manager and efhmc May 2021 #8

For part time, no benefits, and ever changing schedule? Claire Oh Nette May 2021 #10

It is being fought for by many Dems but of course, name a GQP member. efhmc May 2021 #11

It's already happening Claire Oh Nette May 2021 #12

That is promising but I will hold my breathe here in ST Texas. efhmc May 2021 #13

serfs. the right wants serfs. pansypoo53219 May 2021 #4

The slave mentality of the US is alive and thriving. RicROC May 2021 #6

And Sen. Sinema is OK with treating restaurant workers like garbage. Crowman2009 May 2021 #9