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Zepp
May 24, 2013, 8:25:56 PM5/24/13
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Fast Food Workers Speak Out About Wage Theft
By Bryce Covert on May 24, 2013 at 1:35 pm
Fast food workers strike in New York (Credit: Salon)
Workers in the service industry have taken action against their large
employers, conducting walk out strikes in six cities, the latest on
Tuesday in Washington, DC. Fast food workers are now also speaking out
about the abuses they say they have experienced on the job.
A new Tumblr that started on May 14 called “fast food crime wave” depicts
workers holding handwritten signs with messages about employer abuses.
Common complaints include having to pay when the register is short, being
denied overtime pay or working off the clock, and not being allowed to
take any breaks. One woman pointed out that she doesn’t get a break even
though she’s pregnant:
A man who appears to work at Domino’s says he’s only paid $5.65 an hour,
below minimum wage:
Another says he has to pay for any food if he gets robbed:
Their stories match up with a new report that 84 percent of New York City
fast food workers say they have been victims of wage theft or work hour
abuse on the job. A larger study in 2009 found that of nearly 4,500 low-
wage workers surveyed, two-thirds experienced at least one pay-related
violation in the week before.
Wage and hour lawsuits against these kinds of abuses have also been on
the rise for five years, increasing 10 percent this year.
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Fast Food Workers Speak Out About Wage Theft
By Bryce Covert on May 24, 2013 at 1:35 pm
Fast food workers strike in New York (Credit: Salon)
Workers in the service industry have taken action against their large
employers, conducting walk out strikes in six cities, the latest on
Tuesday in Washington, DC. Fast food workers are now also speaking out
about the abuses they say they have experienced on the job.
A new Tumblr that started on May 14 called “fast food crime wave” depicts
workers holding handwritten signs with messages about employer abuses.
Common complaints include having to pay when the register is short, being
denied overtime pay or working off the clock, and not being allowed to
take any breaks. One woman pointed out that she doesn’t get a break even
though she’s pregnant:
A man who appears to work at Domino’s says he’s only paid $5.65 an hour,
below minimum wage:
Another says he has to pay for any food if he gets robbed:
Their stories match up with a new report that 84 percent of New York City
fast food workers say they have been victims of wage theft or work hour
abuse on the job. A larger study in 2009 found that of nearly 4,500 low-
wage workers surveyed, two-thirds experienced at least one pay-related
violation in the week before.
Wage and hour lawsuits against these kinds of abuses have also been on
the rise for five years, increasing 10 percent this year.
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Wage theft? If you don't want the job, don't take the job.
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How hard is that? You people are so idiotic that you believe that you
can get something form nothing.
NEWSFLASH: It doesn't work that way in the real world.
bobo fizmarkian
May 25, 2013, 2:31:44 AM5/25/13
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The teen-workers in the burger-shops can go work for the Demonrats to
help them get elected. Then, they can work on collective-farms the rest
of their lives..
That's my take on it.. DOWN with burgers...
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Boo
May 25, 2013, 2:51:59 AM5/25/13
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best for their lives??
Well, maybe..
Only, you can't tell them that.. Plus, a lot of them won't be suited to
working on the collective farms and probably need to be "liquidated" -
IOW
- turned into Soylent Green. A good, green product that is good for the
environment. It's actually a good thing...
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Mr. B1ack
May 25, 2013, 3:26:27 AM5/25/13
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On Sat, 25 May 2013 00:25:56 +0000 (UTC), Zepp <de...@gone.com> wrote:
>http://thinkprogress.org/economy/issue/
>
>Fast Food Workers Speak Out About Wage Theft
Shoulda stayed awake in class so they wouldn't
>http://thinkprogress.org/economy/issue/
>
>Fast Food Workers Speak Out About Wage Theft
have to be taught how to say "Would you like fries
with that ?" .............
Steve
May 25, 2013, 6:16:49 AM5/25/13
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<LOL> @ Leftist propaganda
Mr. B1ack
May 26, 2013, 2:04:16 AM5/26/13
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On Sat, 25 May 2013 06:16:49 -0400, Steve <steven...@yahooooo.com>
wrote:
These ARE the "Do you want fries with that ?" crowd ...
the ones who slept and partied through school.
They get exactly what they deserve.
wrote:
the ones who slept and partied through school.
They get exactly what they deserve.
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