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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 07:31 PM Original message |
Report: 90 percent of restaurant workers not offered health insurance or sick days |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. On top of everything else that's wrong with this |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 04:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. Only in America. This is not a "corporations" problem, it is an AMERICAN problem |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. K&R |
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eeyore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 07:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Limo LIberals? |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 07:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. If you can't afford to tip, eat at home |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 08:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. Tipping isn't icing on the cake. It IS the cake. |
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endless october (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
3. forcing food handlers to come in sick should be illegal. |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
4. Its not news to me. There is only one restaurant in the East Bay, that I know of, that |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
5. And most don't pay minimum wage either n/t |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
6. Great! So people handling my food are coming in sick so they |
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eeyore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 07:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. It's been that way your whole life.... |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
8. People need REAL jobs!!! |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 07:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I know quite a few waiters and bartenders who consider what they do a profession |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 08:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. It's not a DECENT job |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 08:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. That's not the fault of the servers, now is it. |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 08:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Where did I say it was smart one? |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 08:12 AM Response to Reply #14 |
23. BTW, try waiterrant . com sometime. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 10:06 AM Response to Reply #14 |
27. The restaurants here, and there are many, open seasonally. The staff moves from here in the summer |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 08:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Don't forget cooks as well. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 08:27 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Good point. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 08:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Yep. Handing each other burgers is not an economy. eom |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
12. or "real" hourly wages...n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
20. K&R |
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lib_n_proud7650 (50 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-12-10 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
21. Truly appaling |
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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
22. Kick |
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justabob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
25. it is all true |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 09:30 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I think the rules vary by state |
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Raschel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
28. I never understood why customers are expected to pay for the restaurant's employees. |
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