jeand@ihlpg.UUCP (AMBAR) (08/04/85)
> >> Another reason why McDonald slaves get paid so little is that most of > >> them are too young to receive minimum wages (what an understatement! > >> McDoonad's fortune is based on the exploitation of child labor). One > >> would hope that EPFWEQ would contain provisions to end discrimination > >> based on age. McDonald and gang are certainly rich enough to be able > >> to pay decent wages or at least minimum wages. > >> Sophie Quigley > > > >I sincerely doubt that McDonalds exists solely because of *CANADA'S* > >minimum wage structure. In the U.S., the minimum wage covers > >everyone. > > Almost everyone. There are exceptions for certain businesses, such > as restaurants. Nope. Do you REALLY know what you're talking about? I spent one year (from April '84 to May '85) working as your friendly local burger-builder at Burger King. The fast-food industry most certainly DOES have to abide by minimum-wage rules! as well as various other restrictive bits and pieces designed to protect under-age workers. I'll grant you, working there is no "piece o' cake". The turnover rate is quite high (at the end of my year, there was only ONE manager left that had been there when I started....never mind crew!) Many kids are dissatisfied with the pay, or the way they are treated by management, so they leave.... Certainly doesn't sound like slavery to me! <Note: this was in the USA. What DO they do to burger-builders in Canada, anyway?> AMBAR (the 35' Whopper) "Upperclassmen and freshmen should not be allowed to communicate until Christmas vacation. This is, of course, for the protection of the freshmen."