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Burger Flippers of the
World, Unite! The Drive
to Unionize Fast-Food Workers

PJ Media, by Rick Moran

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Posted By:StormCnter, 11/30/2012 4:35:25 AM

I begrudge no one their right to organize and join a union if they so choose. But these poor schlubs are being led down a primrose path to unemployment if they think that a burger or pizza joint can stay in business long if the workers are earning $15 an hour.New York Times: Fast-food workers at several restaurants in New York walked off the job on Thursday, firing the first salvo in what workplace experts say is the biggest effort to unionize fast-food workers ever undertaken in the United States.

  

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Reply 1 - Posted by: chumley, 11/30/2012 5:03:24 AM     (No. 9040640)

The price of my favorite fast food chicken has gone up so much I can rarely justify the cost of going there. Add more to that price and see how often I go.


Reply 2 - Posted by: mominNoCA, 11/30/2012 5:14:28 AM     (No. 9040643)

I hope they fail at epic proportions, just like they did on Black Friday at Wal-Mart.


   

 

  


 
Reply 3 - Posted by: 3XALADY, 11/30/2012 6:33:46 AM     (No. 9040687)

The ´value´ sandwiches at Wendy´s that started at 99 cents are now $1.79 and more. Not saying I don´t have the money, just saying at some point, when cost exceeds the vaue, this may put them in that spiral that restaurants go through ~ not enough customers so you have to raise the price of the meals. Price of the meals goes up, so fewer and fewer customers. No one wins.


Reply 4 - Posted by: Bad Dog, 11/30/2012 6:42:50 AM     (No. 9040695)

I am going on strike against unions. As much as I miss the little Hostess mini-cupcakes, I believe the company did the right thing by closing down completely, and stop buying into the terrorist extortion tactics used by these unions and their mindless, groupthink thugs.

Of course, as we all know, this is just another tenet of marxism, as we are thrust closer and closer to the edge.

Make yourselves as self-sufficient as you can, now. Atlas will shrug.


Reply 5 - Posted by: Phil_hk, 11/30/2012 7:05:02 AM     (No. 9040715)

Can the unemployed unionize?

If this happens then expect the houty-toutie fancy places to unionize too.

I´m just asking?

Then ask your son´s girlfriend "Can you bake a cherry pie?"


Reply 6 - Posted by: Bjnealeigh, 11/30/2012 7:09:47 AM     (No. 9040721)

Democrats r stupid. But mostly, they are jealous and resentful of people who work hard, take the time to go to school, save and basically do without so they have something for their future. Democrats spend everything they make, then set out to steal what everyone else produces. Hell is not hot enough for them.


Reply 7 - Posted by: Former lurker, 11/30/2012 7:44:40 AM     (No. 9040776)

Hey burger flippers interested in unionizing......do you know that there are already roborts that can do your job?


   

 

  


 
Reply 8 - Posted by: heartlandconservative, 11/30/2012 7:56:57 AM     (No. 9040800)

What would happen if some non union type lost their job because of the union goons and turned around and sued the union. Maybe a pipe dream, but wouldn´t discovery be interesting.


Reply 9 - Posted by: starsNstripes, 11/30/2012 8:43:50 AM     (No. 9040883)

Three things come to mind:
1. Aren´t drive thru lines slow enough already? Could you even imagine an SEIU thug manning the window?

2. I fear for what the union thug would do to my food when they see a Romney/Ryan or NRA sticker on my car.

3. I saw a story not long ago that the office admin workers in one of the union´s HQs tried to unionize themselves and the union had a hissie fit. If their medicine is "good" for the rest of us, it ought to be mandatory for their own! I think I just coined the beginnings of a new bill!!


Reply 10 - Posted by: stablemoney, 11/30/2012 9:06:35 AM     (No. 9040943)

Organize the anti-union forces and cook their behinds.


Reply 11 - Posted by: jimboendaatl, 11/30/2012 9:10:50 AM     (No. 9040947)

Good luck with all that.

High Unemployment + Unskilled Labor = No Bargaining Power


Reply 12 - Posted by: shamus, 11/30/2012 9:11:46 AM     (No. 9040948)

Automation will become a viable option if wage rates increase. Order entry and payment can be done by an iPhone app, and a mechanized assembly line can assemble and deliver food.


   

 



 
Reply 13 - Posted by: msjena, 11/30/2012 11:09:18 AM     (No. 9041251)

Burger flipping is not a career! It is a job for teenagers and others who can depend on others for living expenses. They should get minimum wage--which is already too high. There are plenty more who will take the jobs if these worker don´t want them.



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