Everyday People: What Is a Living Wage?

Today many fast food workers across the country are striking for a "living wage" even though they earn the minimum w wage of $7.25 per hour. To many pao people this looks like nothing more than Greed.

But it's not that simple. First, fast food tends to employ a lot of part time workers so they don't have to offer benefits. Second, if you earn $72 $7.25 per hour and are p paid on a debot card which charges you a $% $5 fee every time you use it, to buy groceries, gas, etcc. that chops wages to sub-minimum.

I cannot do any of the things suggested in the email below. Hell, Blogger has become so inaccessible I can't Even correct my own spelling mistakes! I am sorry and because I'm very tired today I know there are a lot of mistakes.

But take a look at this suggested "budget" by McDonalds, including a 75 hour work week, if I read the following email right.

McDonald’s is STILL trying to convince workers to accept their wages in the form

of ridiculously exploitative Visa debit cards. These cards

charge employees huge fees every time they want to access their own money

, but they save McDonald’s a bundle on the administrative cost of cutting checks.

Now we’ve got an idea

to show McDonald’s that customers won't let it scam its workers.

McDonald’s is in the middle of its summer Monopoly promotion, and it actually staged

this photo-op, unintentionally showcasing its 1% bona-fides. We couldn’t resist putting

our own spin on it. Now, to get McDonald’s attention,

we want to take over its promotional hashtag #McDMonopoly

. And since McDonald's doesn't let anyone write on its Facebook page (we wonder why),

make sure to tag it by including @McDonald's

in your own comment.

Click here to share this image on Facebook -- and don't forget to add #McDMonopoly and @McDonalds to your comment to make sure McDonald's notices

Turn on images to see McDonald's unintentionally hilarious photo-op

And if you're on Twitter, click here to help us take over McDonald's hashtag there, too.

McDonald's is pushing these cards on the same website that hosts the totally out-of-touch

McBudget, complete with a 75-hour work week and magical free heat. That budget was

bad, but these cards might be even worse.

One McDonald’s franchise tried to force workers to accept the cards

and backed down when workers sued. But the corporation is still pushing the cards,

and there may still be stores forcing workers to take them. We need to act now to

stop McDonald's from scaling up this scheme ripping off its employees.

Luckily, we've got momentum on our side. In recent weeks, McDonald’s has gotten tons

of negative publicity for its ham-fisted attempts to disguise the way it cheats its

workers. Let's let McDonald's know that consumers are still angry about the ways

it exploits workers, and that if it wants to be left alone, it can stop charging

employees to access their own money.

Thanks,

Rob and the team at SumOfUs

P.S. If you want to learn more about this debit card scheme,

check out this video

. And don't forget to share it with your friends!

SumOfUs is a world-wide movement of people like you, working together to hold corporations

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