Work Reform

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A place to discuss positive changes that can make work more equitable, and to vent about current practices. We are NOT against work; we just want the fruits of our labor to be recognized better.

Our Philosophies:

All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
Income inequality is the main cause of lower living standards.
Workers must join together and fight back for what is rightfully theirs.
We must not be divided and conquered. Workers gain the most when they focus on unifying issues.

Our Goals

Higher wages for underpaid workers.
Better worker representation, including but not limited to unions.
Better and fewer working hours.
Stimulating a massive wave of worker organizing in the United States and beyond.
Organizing and supporting political causes and campaigns that put workers first.

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McDonald’s CEO is grappling with a ‘two-tier economy’ as he slashes prices on value meals—and signals backing for a minimum wage increase (fortune.com)

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[–] fodor@lemmy.zip 10 points 5 days ago (2 children)

More basic dishonesty from McDonald's and from Fortune. If he really wanted to raise the lowest hourly wages for his salaries, he could have done so already. There's no need to wait for a minimum wage increase.

[–] Laser@feddit.org 4 points 4 days ago

In addition to what others have already said (McD paying above minimum wage), only you paying more leads to the following:

your competitors gain an advantage as they have lower labor cost
only a tiny fraction of your customers have more disposable income because the rest of the population is unaffected
and even then, for that tiny fraction, you'd have made more money if you hadn't paid it to them in the first place, because they're not spending it all on you, and also taxes

So for them, they need to make sure their competitors pay more money to their employees.

Also, their food is garbage, you're doing yourself a favor not eating there.

[–] Artisian@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I'm really quite sure that nobody is working mcdonalds for (edit: federal) minimum wage. Who would take that job? These stats are online and easy to see, fast food is hiring much closer to 18/hr than 8. (Edit: that said, there are apparently still a few states with average starting pay closer to $10. So I'm no longer so sure about everybody. Still pretty sure it's rare.)

This makes sense. A ceo endorses this policy when it hurts his company less and others companies more.

[–] frostysauce@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I literally worked a few months at McDonald's two years ago at $8/hr.

[–] Artisian@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

This is wild to me; I kinda want to ask if you volunteered or were obligated under some program. But it is plausible, apparently there are a handful of states where this happened relatively recently.

It remains rare. But my superlatives went too far. Editing it down.

[–] frostysauce@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

I was living in a small town in Oklahoma, my car broke down, and it was only McDonald's or Walmart I could reasonably walk to and McD's called me back first. Not a work program or anything, that's legit what they paid all the regular crew members.