2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29
Workers at fast food chains in the United States have demanded that their pay be increased from 7.25 per hour to $ 15 per hour. Strikes were organized in the big chains McDonald's, Pizza Hut and KFC.
The unions warn that if employees' demands are not met, it will be one of the biggest strikes in the history of the industry.
The protest was joined by 50 American cities and workers in the so-called retail trade.
McDonald's and Burger King Worldwide said they were simply meeting the country's minimum wage of $ 7.25 an hour. Fast food chains stressed that the amount of salary is not determined by them.
Analysts predict that if the wages of fast food workers are increased, this will affect the prices of the products offered, which will also rise by about 25% per product.
Fast food is also preferred because of the low prices of their products. If these prices jump up, it will seriously reduce the number of their customers.
Last year, fast food chains added $ 3.9 billion to the state treasury.
A spokesman for the National Restaurant Association explained that salaries in fast food chains are low because the staff is made up mainly of young and inexperienced people.
Official anger has erupted following a call by US President Barack Obama for a number of commercial sectors to raise the minimum wage to $ 9 an hour.
The minimum wage in the United States has not changed since 2009.
On this occasion, the Wall Street Journal published an article about a robot that makes pancakes with the provocative title "Why robots can soon replace employees in fast food restaurants who want a higher minimum wage?".
The article on fast food restaurants recommends reducing their staff, but keep the attractive prices of their products. The article was commissioned by the American Employment Institute.
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