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发帖数: 29576 | 1 罢工组织者给示威的工人付损失的工资，怪不得突然无数人上街，不干活能挣钱谁不去。
Karina McClain, a cashier at fast food chain Checkers in New York City, didn
't show up for her shift on Thursday.
Instead, the 22-year-old joined about 100 other people outside of a Brooklyn
Wendy's restaurant calling for an hourly wage increase to $15 an hour. She
was holding a sign that read "Raise pay, live better."
"I have bills to pay and we don't get enough money," said McClain, who makes
the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, and works 20 hours a week.
Missing out on a day's pay would be hard for McClain, who can barely pay for
diapers and clothes for her five-month old daughter Kamayah.
But on Thursday, McClain was able to afford missing a day at work, because
organizers behind the protests compensate workers who walk off work.
McClain said union-backed groups, like Fast Food Forward and Fight for 15,
were paying her about $50, or a day's wage, to be at the protest.
"If they weren't paying me, I couldn't afford to be here," she said.
Other workers at the protest and across the country confirmed that they were
also getting paid similar amounts. Organizers say that workers like McClain
are gathering in 100 cities Thursday making similar demands of their
employers.
The movement began with a small walkout by fast food workers in New York
City in November 2012 and has since picked up steam. Strikes this past
August drew fast food workers in 60 cities, organizers said.
Jonathan Westin, executive director of New York Communities for Change, the
group at the helm of the Fast Food Forward campaign, said workers who missed
a shift in order to be at one of the protests would be compensated. The
money comes out of a "strike fund" supported by labor unions, foundations
and grassroots organizations.
Unions have been setting up similar strike funds for years as a way to make
up for missed wages, while they stand up to employers.
The median pay for the fast food workers nationwide stands at just more than
$9 an hour, or about $18,500 a year. That's roughly $4,500 lower than
Census Bureau's poverty income threshold level of $23,000 for a family of
four. That's why most workers can't afford to miss a day or work with no pay
, Westin said.
A report released in October by the University of California, Berkeley Labor
Center and the University of Illinois found that more than half of families
of fast food workers receive some form of public assistance. The report
estimated that this aid carries a $7 billion annual price tag for taxpayers. | l*********u
发帖数: 19053 | 2 每人＄５０，工会挺有钱的。
去。
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Brooklyn
She
makes
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【在 T**********e 的大作中提到】
: 罢工组织者给示威的工人付损失的工资，怪不得突然无数人上街，不干活能挣钱谁不去。
: Karina McClain, a cashier at fast food chain Checkers in New York City, didn
: 't show up for her shift on Thursday.
: Instead, the 22-year-old joined about 100 other people outside of a Brooklyn
: Wendy's restaurant calling for an hourly wage increase to $15 an hour. She
: was holding a sign that read "Raise pay, live better."
: "I have bills to pay and we don't get enough money," said McClain, who makes
: the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, and works 20 hours a week.
: Missing out on a day's pay would be hard for McClain, who can barely pay for
: diapers and clothes for her five-month old daughter Kamayah.
| I******I
发帖数: 14241 | | C*******f
发帖数: 13152 | | a**e
发帖数: 8800 | 5 错，是密友有钱
【在 l*********u 的大作中提到】
: 每人＄５０，工会挺有钱的。
:
: 去。
: didn
: Brooklyn
: She
: makes
: for
| T**********e
发帖数: 29576 | 6
要整几十万人上街岂不是工资就要上千万，哪整那么多钱？
【在 l*********u 的大作中提到】
: 每人＄５０，工会挺有钱的。
:
: 去。
: didn
: Brooklyn
: She
: makes
: for
| l*********u
发帖数: 19053 | 7 入工会要交会费的，所以大工会很有钱，也愿意出钱，招更多人入会。
McDonald's成为靶子，因为对工会最狠，不准成立工会，开除／调离，直致关店，宁亏
损，也不要工会。
【在 T**********e 的大作中提到】
:
: 要整几十万人上街岂不是工资就要上千万，哪整那么多钱？
| T**********e
发帖数: 29576 | 8
入工会要交费只要是自愿的也就算了，美国工会最扯淡的是雇佣了必须得入工会缴费从
工资自动扣。前阵共和党州把这个强制条款废了可要了工会的命。
【在 l*********u 的大作中提到】
: 入工会要交会费的，所以大工会很有钱，也愿意出钱，招更多人入会。
: McDonald's成为靶子，因为对工会最狠，不准成立工会，开除／调离，直致关店，宁亏
: 损，也不要工会。
| X*******G
发帖数: 14887 | 9 很多做IT的想入工会而无门。
【在 T**********e 的大作中提到】
:
: 入工会要交费只要是自愿的也就算了，美国工会最扯淡的是雇佣了必须得入工会缴费从
: 工资自动扣。前阵共和党州把这个强制条款废了可要了工会的命。
| T**********e
发帖数: 29576 | 10
IT还工会？有没搞错。
【在 X*******G 的大作中提到】
: 很多做IT的想入工会而无门。
| H*********S
发帖数: 22772 | 11 “蓝领”才有资格加入工会
【在 X*******G 的大作中提到】
: 很多做IT的想入工会而无门。
| H*********S
发帖数: 22772 | 12 据说walmart也不让搞工会
【在 l*********u 的大作中提到】
: 入工会要交会费的，所以大工会很有钱，也愿意出钱，招更多人入会。
: McDonald's成为靶子，因为对工会最狠，不准成立工会，开除／调离，直致关店，宁亏
: 损，也不要工会。
| m**i
发帖数: 9848 | 13 罢工从来都是有人出钱的，历史上就是如此，组织者要拉funding的。
去。
didn
Brooklyn
She
makes
for
【在 T**********e 的大作中提到】
: 罢工组织者给示威的工人付损失的工资，怪不得突然无数人上街，不干活能挣钱谁不去。
: Karina McClain, a cashier at fast food chain Checkers in New York City, didn
: 't show up for her shift on Thursday.
: Instead, the 22-year-old joined about 100 other people outside of a Brooklyn
: Wendy's restaurant calling for an hourly wage increase to $15 an hour. She
: was holding a sign that read "Raise pay, live better."
: "I have bills to pay and we don't get enough money," said McClain, who makes
: the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, and works 20 hours a week.
: Missing out on a day's pay would be hard for McClain, who can barely pay for
: diapers and clothes for her five-month old daughter Kamayah.
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