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Omaha Steve's Labor Group

Bev54

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6. JFC they should be getting a minimum wage of $15. per hour to begin with and if they

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Wed Mar 27, 2024, 08:43 PM

Mar 27

want to eat their meals they can buy at employee discount. I have never quite understood how a country like the US could even allow such a low hourly wage to begin with. Our servers are paid the same as other industries and also get tips. To me that low rate is slave labour, if a business cannot afford to pay employees a proper wage then they should not be in business.

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Why am I paying for food I don't eat? [View all] Omaha Steve Mar 27 OP

Why is it titled "Fight For $15" at the top? MichMan Mar 27 #1

Fight for $15 and a Union is the organization that is supporting these workers Omaha Steve Mar 27 #2

Seems like they should change the name unless they are satisfied with $15 MichMan Mar 27 #4

They would be satisfied with $15 SCantiGOP Mar 27 #10

Perhaps they are hoping to settle at $15/hr. Prof. Toru Tanaka Mar 27 #3

I'm not sure I've ever eaten at a Waffle House drmeow Mar 27 #5

They put the greasy in greasy spoon. IrishAfricanAmerican Mar 27 #7

JFC they should be getting a minimum wage of $15. per hour to begin with and if they Bev54 Mar 27 #6

I ate at the local waffle house once last year, because my lunch niyad Mar 27 #8

This wouldn't be a problem if we closed the borders and ended drag shows. progressoid Mar 27 #9

When I was young, I worked in many types of restaurants. I've NEVER heard fierywoman Mar 27 #11

"I'm looking at my hashbrown, and I'm already confused and enticed" JoseBalow Mar 27 #12