Thousands of Fast-Food Workers Set To Walk Out in Dozens of American Cities
Want higher wages
Which means they probably won't hire them at all
Why are Occupy-style activists receiving taxpayer support?
Workers at McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's and KFC in seven cities participating
Because pricing workers out of the market is brilliant
Politicians don't care if they scare inexpensive retailers away
Were not paid for the work they did
State regulations tie salary rules to minimum wage
It's apparently never a bad time to price labor out of jobs
There are fears the minimum wage could be cut after small business owners said they couldn't afford it
Vote could take place over weekend
Automation looks increasingly attractive
Teenage unemployment rate, for example, at 25 percent, nowhere near recent lows
How long will progressives get away with pretending to care about the poor?
Note that the healthiest economy in the Eurozone doesn't have one
The owners say the business can't afford the extra cost
The push for minimum wage ignores low income earners.
Say wages not keeping up with increased price of living
Baristas bearing Bachelor's degrees
Health bill continues to harm those it was supposed to help
Keep an eye on what happens to their unemployment numbers next year
Says high minimum wages lead to increased unemployment
Central planners and liberal politicians are clueless about what really helps workers: a free economy.
Also approve pegging future increases to the U.S. Consumer Price Index
Lefties don't want to make teens attractive to employers
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