On March 2, 2021, as lawmakers in the United States continued to debate a proposal to raise the minimum wage to $ an hour, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez posted a message on Twitter noting that McDonald’s workers in Denmark were making $22 an hour and also got six weeks vacation:
This tweet is largely accurate. McDonald’s workers in Denmark truly make more than $20 an hour and they truly get six weeks of vacation.
We reached out to 3F, the union that represents fast food workers in Denmark, to get some more information about the wages at McDonald’s. The union representative told us that the scheme in Denmark isn’t as simple as saying that all employees make $22 hour. The majority of McDonald’s workers in Denmark are part-time, and currently receive a base of about $20 an hour. Employees earn additional wages for working off-hour shifts (weekends or nights), overtime, and holidays. Employees over the age of 20 also receive a pension plan.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I'm all for minimum wage going up to $15 an hour. That will raise the cost of living as a downside. They need to raise my monthly money for SSDI.
xenoview
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Mar 4, 2021
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$15 per hour is a blatant insult to the Workers imo, I was earning that much per hour back in 1984 as Car and Wagon Repairer on the NSW Railways plus getting an extra time and a half ( $15 + $7.50 ) per hour for working Saturdays for a 4 hours extra shift to clear the Urgent repairs as well.
That also entitled me to 5 weeks holiday EVERY year as well.
Triphid
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Mar 4, 2021
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Cruz' screams for "Freedom!" are screams for the "freedom" to "...exploit people into economic ruin; the freedom to assassinate unions; the freedom to prey on unprotected consumers, workers, and environments ; the freedom to value quarterly profits over climate change; the freedom to undermine small businesses and cushion corporations; the freedom from competition; the freedom not to pay taxes; the freedom to heave the tax burden onto the middle and lower classes; the freedom to co modify everything and everyone; the freedom to keep poor people poor and middle-income people struggling to stay middle-income, and make rich people richer." From “How To Be An Antiracist," by Ibram X. Kendi.
Note the phrase "...the freedom to keep poor people poor and middle-income people struggling to stay middle-income, and make rich people richer."
BirdMan1
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Mar 4, 2021
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Yes, they only want freedom for the rich, slavery for the rest.
Sounds to me like your Cruz bloke has either read the Biography of or is a re-incarnation of Ex. Australian Prime Minister, Robert, Pig-Iron Bob. Menzies.
His INFAMOUS comment was " The Working Classes SHOULD ONLY be paid just enough for them to Feed and Clothe themselves with the very basics ONLY and SHOULD NEVER be permitted to RISE above their ASSIGNED Station in life, they should NOT be permitted to buy/own land nor home lest they begin to think themselves our Equals." - P.M. Robert Menzies in his Address to the Australian Parliament upon becoming Prime Minister.
This is also the SAME P.M. who when the Dunkirk rout of the British and French occurred, within a few short days stated," We who are people of Worth should abandon Australia in favour of supporting Mother England and the Crown."
I would gladly pay more for a Big Mac knowing the person serving it to me was getting paid.
barjoe
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Mar 4, 2021
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I would agree, but haven’t been to McDonald’s in years....
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