And now they are making $0 per hour.

i get wanting a livable wage, but there's opportunity for promotion, or you need to learn a skill.

 

This is one reason why I would not have a problem if my taxes were raised to pay for/subsidize the costs of trade schools and community colleges. I fully get that college is not for everyone but I also feel that for 95% of the population, stopping at high school is not enough. We need more skilled labor and I look at taxes being used to make job skills more readily available for those with the initiative to go after such skills as an investment, not an entitlement program.

 

Not saying I agree with this but many people say the same thing when the idea of teachers' low pay comes up.

 

I think there's a pretty significant difference in teachers and fast food workers.

I remember some politician saying earlier this year if they calculated the min. wage they did or are suppose to(like they, the gov did)when they first came up with the formula they use, it would be 22.50 an hour, so the fast food people and others in this group are willing to take less than they/we are all suppose to be getting.

Not saying I agree with this but many people say the same thing when the idea of teachers' low pay comes up.

 

My statement applies to any job. No one is forcing you (you in general, not you Bert) to take any job. And I've not ever known anyone who took a job without knowing what they were going to make. So my statement applies to teachers, police, factory workers, salesman, fast food workers, garbage collectors, ect...

In Central Kentucky pharmaceutical technicians - most of the white coats you see behind a pharmacy counter - do not make even $10 an hour. At $15 an hour they want to jump a whole of other 'professions'.

They knew what the job paid when they took it. If they want a job making $15 an hour go find one. I'd fire everyone of them.

 

What is wrong with someone asking for a raise?

What is wrong with someone asking for a raise?

 

Asking for a raise would be $9... Not $15.

What is wrong with someone asking for a raise?

 

Nothing, but they're asking for a complete revamping of the job pay scale that they accepted when they accepted the job. Big difference. If they were asking for a ten percent raise or something like that they would get a lot more support.

It sounds like they've gotten together like they never have before. Apart from what they're asking, that's a stunning development.

 

Can you imagine the uproar if fast food workers in some of the northern states tried to join something like the UFCW?

It sounds like they've gotten together like they never have before. Apart from what they're asking, that's a stunning development.

 

Can you imagine the uproar if fast food workers in some of the northern states tried to join something like the UFCW?

 

 

True, will PP92 cross a picket line to get his Chick fil a sandwich?

True, will PP92 cross a picket line to get his Chick fil a sandwich?

 

Southern-style chicken sandwiches: the true test of who's really a scab.

What is wrong with someone asking for a raise?

 

Absolutely nothing. This isn't how you go about it. I'll tell you what, why don't you give it try with your boss.

Asking for a raise would be $9... Not $15.

 

Nothing, but they're asking for a complete revamping of the job pay scale that they accepted when they accepted the job. Big difference. If they were asking for a ten percent raise or something like that they would get a lot more support.

 

 

 

 

So, how much of a raise should one ask for? Why is a raise to $9 or 10% okay but not $15?

 

I mean it is like anything else that you negotiate....throw out a number and wait for their response. When you go by a car or house and they accept your first offer, did the thought cross your mind that you offered too much?

 

If they are going to take the time and energy to "organize" why not ask for whatever amount? What if the fast food restaurants agree to the $15 hour wage?

 

I see no harm in asking for any amount they choose, just like I see no harm in the companies saying no.

So, how much of a raise should one ask for? Why is a raise to $9 or 10% okay but not $15?

 

I mean it is like anything else that you negotiate....throw out a number and wait for their response. When you go by a car or house and they accept your first offer, did the thought cross your mind that you offered too much?

 

If they are going to take the time and energy to "organize" why not ask for whatever amount? What if the fast food restaurants agree to the $15 hour wage?

 

I see no harm in asking for any amount they choose, just like I see no harm in the companies saying no.

 

 

Almost anyone in the world can do the job and there are plenty of people who need a job. That's why it's a bad idea to walk out and ask for $15.