LABOR Ruling McDonalds has DREADED, just became a REALITY !

[SparrowHawk]

It may or may not end well (Costco vs Wal-Mart), but at least the worker knows the score.
 
If memory serves, workers do have the ability to take action. Action in the form of advanced education, Quitting because something better came along, form/join a union. The power to change of ones life resides within. Government can't help. They can attempt to but usually fail.
 
I am one of the few Libertarians I know that support trade unionism as a remedy. Most are dyed in the wool Austrian School economics types and most of those economists don't like unions because they feel in pure academic terms that unions unfairly manipulate wages. As a theory, they are correct IMO. In the real world where people actually live and breathe, reality needs to take hold. Austrian School types however will also tell you that in order for an economy to flourish, the bottom rung needs to be high enough for a person to live on and buy goods and services. It was one of the underlying principles of Nixon deciding to propose the Earned Income Tax Credit which IMO was likely the last good government program created to help the poor climb the economic ladder.

 

[Ms Tree]

I was looking more along the lines of the safety issues. BP was lax in their safety and procedures and people died. Mines are operating with violations and people die. Companies operate with lax oversight and products end up killing people.

While the oversight is not sufficient mainly due to lack of funding and man power, it is far better than nothing and letting the fox guard the hen house.

I do not unions for various reasons. Mainly because they protect employees like Bear and keep them employed when they should be canned. Also they seem to have lost their way in terms of seeking safe work environments and instead seeking higher wages than the market will justify just because they have the man power and striking power to force the hand.

 

[southwind]

The $15 Big Mac, coming soon to a McD's near you!

 

[Ifly2]

The $15 Big Mac, coming soon to a McD's near you!

Then perhaps Mc D Corporate, with its legions of management and layers of executives who basically do nothing but tell people to flip more burgers for less is economically unsustainable.

There are a number of decent family owned local restaurants in my area, at least one of each type, (burger, pizza, Italian, Thai, etc... ) where one can get a good and relatively healthy meal made out of actual food for about the same price as a Big Mac Combo.

The money one spends there goes to the owners and the people who work there and local suppliers and businesses instead of a multinational conglomeration.

Win-Win

 

[NewHampshire Black Bears]

The $15 Big Mac, coming soon to a McD's near you!

 
A   ' BELOW WING  UNION '   coming soon to an Airline (very) near you !

 

[Dog Wonder]

The $15 Big Mac, coming soon to a McD's near you!

It will make the people who don't buy them healthier.

 

[Glenn Quagmire]

The $15 Big Mac, coming soon to a McD's near you!

You better hope that profit sharing check covers your mcdouble with supersize freedom fries. You may have to rely on Obamacare once ma delta prices you out of the market by doing health panels to base your premiums.

 

[Ms Tree]

 

The $15 Big Mac, coming soon to a McD's near you!

 

I have heard too many people cry wolf and it never seems to come to fruition. I can recall the automakers bemoaning the fact that seat belts, airbags, CAFE and various other measures that were mandated by law would be their downfall. Somehow they all managed to make it work. They have stopped whining about it since they know it was BS.