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spasmcreek
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$15 an hour...walk off jobs in Kansas...NO mentions of more school, training, education, etc...and want to unionize...my support is given by NOT going in for a bummer burger..not to fear though for those that can't get by another day without one..rather imagine govt will fast track more "immigrants" to fill the vacancies
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Some work very hard at the fast food places and they can advance but very poor English isn't helping them.
Go into my local Mickey Ds and very few are speaking English and it's hard for them to fill the orders right
15 bucks a hour will cost them jobs in the further and those are entry level jobs to get people started up
The federal minimum wage was never intended to be for supporting/raising a family.
Bingo!
The federal minimum wage was never intended to be for supporting/raising a family.
That was before there were $500 iphone, $125 a mo cell phone bills, Ipods, Ipads, $3K apple laptops, internet, higher income taxes, union wages pushing the cost of cars to $15K for a pos.
I wonder why home builders are not union? Oh yeah, because the bank and the GOVERNMENT have to put their neck on the chopping block for homes.
$15hr for fast food? I won't be eating there anytime soon if they do. I will take my lunch.
Of course, when I was stopped at a terminal for 2 hours doing a live-unload, I got paid nothing.
I was hauling a $200,000 cargo in a 40 ton truck, keeping the American economy on the move.
And they have to get $15 an hour for cooking french fries?
quote:Originally posted by KEVD18
If they want 15/hr for fast food work, they should go to the patch in n Dakota....
I heard the pay there is $20 an hour ...... but NO PLACE to live. [:0]
The 20 bucks is for an experienced heavy equipment mechanic with their own tools.
When I was a team truck driver, when I was rolling down the road at 65 mph I was making $15.20 an hour.
Of course, when I was stopped at a terminal for 2 hours doing a live-unload, I got paid nothing.
I was hauling a $200,000 cargo in a 40 ton truck, keeping the American economy on the move.
And they have to get $15 an hour for cooking french fries?
I always thought truck drivers made more than $15 per hour.
quote:Originally posted by allen griggs
When I was a team truck driver, when I was rolling down the road at 65 mph I was making $15.20 an hour.
Of course, when I was stopped at a terminal for 2 hours doing a live-unload, I got paid nothing.
I was hauling a $200,000 cargo in a 40 ton truck, keeping the American economy on the move.
And they have to get $15 an hour for cooking french fries?
I always thought truck drivers made more than $15 per hour.
They do but only when the wheels are turning, any other time its usually $0.
"Never do wrong to make a friend----or to keep one".....Robert E. Lee
I'd haggle back hard on it though, were it me on the management side. You want to strike for a $2 raise for a burger flipper job? Okay then, my first offer is a $2 pay cut.
How about we split the difference and everyone get back to work?
quote:Originally posted by allen griggs
When I was a team truck driver, when I was rolling down the road at 65 mph I was making $15.20 an hour.
Of course, when I was stopped at a terminal for 2 hours doing a live-unload, I got paid nothing.
I was hauling a $200,000 cargo in a 40 ton truck, keeping the American economy on the move.
And they have to get $15 an hour for cooking french fries?
I always thought truck drivers made more than $15 per hour.
The trick was, I also got paid $15.20 an hour while my partner was driving and I was sleeping. It came out to $62K a year.
Pretty good pay, but still a difficult, dangerous and dirty job, should pay about $10K higher.
Rated the 9th most dangerous job in the US.
Guys in the union make much more. I know of a guy in Buffalo NY in the Teamsters who makes $119K.
When I was a team truck driver, when I was rolling down the road at 65 mph I was making $15.20 an hour.
Of course, when I was stopped at a terminal for 2 hours doing a live-unload, I got paid nothing.
I was hauling a $200,000 cargo in a 40 ton truck, keeping the American economy on the move.
And they have to get $15 an hour for cooking french fries?
Ain't it jus'great.... [}:)]
quote:Originally posted by austin20
quote:Originally posted by allen griggs
When I was a team truck driver, when I was rolling down the road at 65 mph I was making $15.20 an hour.
Of course, when I was stopped at a terminal for 2 hours doing a live-unload, I got paid nothing.
I was hauling a $200,000 cargo in a 40 ton truck, keeping the American economy on the move.
And they have to get $15 an hour for cooking french fries?
I always thought truck drivers made more than $15 per hour.
The trick was, I also got paid $15.20 an hour while my partner was driving and I was sleeping. It came out to $62K a year.
Pretty good pay, but still a difficult, dangerous and dirty job, should pay about $10K higher.
Rated the 9th most dangerous job in the US.
Guys in the union make much more. I know of a guy in Buffalo NY in the Teamsters who makes $119K.
What makes it dangerous? The weather, the terrain, traffic? I heard truck drivers can make a lot. But I can't handle all the driving. Just doing 2-3 hours a day in the car around here hurts my back and knees. I know truck drivers have to have a lot of back problems at least.
quote:Originally posted by austin20
quote:Originally posted by allen griggs
When I was a team truck driver, when I was rolling down the road at 65 mph I was making $15.20 an hour.
Of course, when I was stopped at a terminal for 2 hours doing a live-unload, I got paid nothing.
I was hauling a $200,000 cargo in a 40 ton truck, keeping the American economy on the move.
And they have to get $15 an hour for cooking french fries?
I always thought truck drivers made more than $15 per hour.
The trick was, I also got paid $15.20 an hour while my partner was driving and I was sleeping. It came out to $62K a year.
Pretty good pay, but still a difficult, dangerous and dirty job, should pay about $10K higher.
Rated the 9th most dangerous job in the US.
Guys in the union make much more. I know of a guy in Buffalo NY in the Teamsters who makes $119K.
For all the time you guys are on the road and away from home I would have thought you made more than 62k per year.
A Big Mac there is 7 bucks. McDonalds gets its supplies all from the same place..the corporation...it sells everything to the francises and its own corpaorate stores. They pay the same price for bugers in Bedford PA (in other words, in the sticks) as they do in NYC, and they also pay the same minium wage in the two places, but yet, that Big Mag costs a hell of lot more in NYC....and its not because it costs more there either.....and NYC aint a cheap place to live either. So, it depends on where they are...in NYC they should get 15 bucks, after all, you already pay those wages in the prices they charge there, but do not pay that to the employees....in Bedford...NO....the minium wage in fair there.....
We should make more. For being out on the road for 8 days and nights, and then 2 days off, I should be at around $60K. We do have pretty good benefits, good medical insurance for $200 a month and a 401K.
A study just came out that rated truck driving as the 9th most dangerous job in the US. I was surprised that it is that dangerous. Logging and commercial fishing were one and two. I got my knee broken badly in a logging accident, one of my hobbies, so I know how dangerous that job is. Obviously commercial fishing is dangerous, "The Perfect Storm" etc.
I am not sure why this job is rated as so dangerous. I guess a lot of guys get killed in wrecks. I do have a $250K life insurance policy but I keep telling the fiancee, no good to put the arsenic in my coffee, I have to die on the job for her to get her red Jaguar.
I would think much higher rent/real estate, taxes, insurance, utilities, trash removal, etc. would have more to do with the price difference.
Have any of you ever been to a McDonalds in NYC? Or any big city?
A Big Mac there is 7 bucks. McDonalds gets its supplies all from the same place..the corporation...it sells everything to the francises and its own corpaorate stores. They pay the same price for bugers in Bedford PA (in other words, in the sticks) as they do in NYC, and they also pay the same minium wage in the two places, but yet, that Big Mag costs a hell of lot more in NYC....and its not because it costs more there either.....and NYC aint a cheap place to live either. So, it depends on where they are...in NYC they should get 15 bucks, after all, you already pay those wages in the prices they charge there, but do not pay that to the employees....in Bedford...NO....the minium wage in fair there.....
What is the cost of the real estate in NYC brainiac? In NYC, the Burgers and the buns and everything have to be delivered by teamsters. One driver, one co-driver, four people to load the truck, four people to unload the truck at the site, two more to ferry the material inside and another two to stack it inside the store. So 14 people getting paid some laughingly high rate to do the same job as the one guy that loads/drives/unloads and stacks the stuff in PA. Gee, I wonder why the BigMac is $7. (Probably more than that.... I'll have to ask my Brother to check next time he goes up. His company just bought the NYSE so now he get to go up there several times a month...[xx(])
And still you cant see why unions are killing this once great nation.
Have any of you ever been to a McDonalds in NYC? Or any big city?
A Big Mac there is 7 bucks. McDonalds gets its supplies all from the same place..the corporation...it sells everything to the francises and its own corpaorate stores. They pay the same price for bugers in Bedford PA (in other words, in the sticks) as they do in NYC, and they also pay the same minium wage in the two places, but yet, that Big Mag costs a hell of lot more in NYC....and its not because it costs more there either.....and NYC aint a cheap place to live either. So, it depends on where they are...in NYC they should get 15 bucks, after all, you already pay those wages in the prices they charge there, but do not pay that to the employees....in Bedford...NO....the minium wage in fair there.....
Just the price of real estate and property taxes would make a huge difference between NYC and Bum%^#k, USA. That is probably the biggest factor in price difference. I can't rule out greed though.
quote:Originally posted by the middle
Have any of you ever been to a McDonalds in NYC? Or any big city?
A Big Mac there is 7 bucks. McDonalds gets its supplies all from the same place..the corporation...it sells everything to the francises and its own corpaorate stores. They pay the same price for bugers in Bedford PA (in other words, in the sticks) as they do in NYC, and they also pay the same minium wage in the two places, but yet, that Big Mag costs a hell of lot more in NYC....and its not because it costs more there either.....and NYC aint a cheap place to live either. So, it depends on where they are...in NYC they should get 15 bucks, after all, you already pay those wages in the prices they charge there, but do not pay that to the employees....in Bedford...NO....the minium wage in fair there.....
What is the cost of the real estate in NYC brainiac? In NYC, the Burgers and the buns and everything have to be delivered by teamsters. One driver, one co-driver, four people to load the truck, four people to unload the truck at the site, two more to ferry the material inside and another two to stack it inside the store. So 14 people getting paid some laughingly high rate to do the same job as the one guy that loads/drives/unloads and stacks the stuff in PA. Gee, I wonder why the BigMac is $7. (Probably more than that.... I'll have to ask my Brother to check next time he goes up. His company just bought the NYSE so now he get to go up there several times a month...[xx(])
And still you cant see why unions are killing this once great nation.
If teamsters deliver their products in NYC...than teamsters also deliver to all McDonalds everywhere....the stuff comes in a corporate owned truck from the same corp. owned distribution center....
Real estate is no doubt higher in NYC...but not that high....4 times over sticks maybe..spread out over years...it doesnt add that much more to costs.
Taxes are outta control up there...but not enough to justify chargeing 3 times normal price..
Utilities are regulated up there and are cheaper than what we pay in PA..both gas and power (PA has a competative market for power..which was supposed to make it cheaper...what a joke that turned out to be)
Im not saying all fast food workers should get 15 bucks...no. way in hell should they....but in places like NYC...where everything in expensive...a person must be able to get enough from their labor to at least buy the products they make....which means you need 15 bucks an hour in NYC. No so in a lot of other places.
Have any of you ever been to a McDonalds in NYC? Or any big city?
A Big Mac there is 7 bucks. McDonalds gets its supplies all from the same place..the corporation...it sells everything to the francises and its own corpaorate stores. They pay the same price for bugers in Bedford PA (in other words, in the sticks) as they do in NYC, and they also pay the same minium wage in the two places, but yet, that Big Mag costs a hell of lot more in NYC....and its not because it costs more there either.....and NYC aint a cheap place to live either. So, it depends on where they are...in NYC they should get 15 bucks, after all, you already pay those wages in the prices they charge there, but do not pay that to the employees....in Bedford...NO....the minium wage in fair there.....
You really thought this one through, didn't you?