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Dec 9, 2013 Josh Eidelson http://www.salon.com/2013/12/09/get_a_clue_mcdonald%E2%80%99s_chain_tells_workers_how_much_to_tip_their_pool_cleaners_dog_walkers_and_masseuses/
Get a clue, McDonalds: Chain tells workers how much to tip their pool cleaners, dog walkers, and masseuses
Corporate giant that told workers to go to church and return their presents has more tone-deaf advice to offer
CNBCs story landed hours into the biggest fast food strike in U.S. history, in which organizers say thousands of workers in over a hundred cities from Atlanta, Georgia to Warwick, Rhode Island walked off the job demanding raises to $15 an hour and the freedom to form a union without intimidation. I feel like, if I dont do nothing, how are things ever going to get better? Richmond Burger King employee Crystal Travis told me before going on strike.
As Ive reported, the fast food campaign, whose key national backer is the Service Employee International Union, has wed a wave of one-day strikes with a comprehensive campaign effort to shame and squeeze corporations with media, political, consumer, and legal pressure. While the effort targets all of the industrys top chains, McDonalds has drawn a disproportionate share of headlines both for its size, and because it keeps handing its critics additional ammunition. ................
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McFail: McDonald's out-of-touch tipping advice to employees
http://www.cnbc.com/id/101250567
The site also lists suggestions for dog walkers, massage therapists and personal fitness trainers. .......
leftyohiolib
(5,917 posts)Cleita
(75,480 posts)of humor. If this isn't satirical it's very sick.
hunter
(38,301 posts)Coyotl
(15,262 posts)Paper Roses
(7,471 posts)I bet I could count on one hand how many regular McDonald's employees have an 'au pair and a housekeeper. One week's pay is for groceries and the rent.
Maybe I didn't read this correctly...just my opinion.
JHB
(37,152 posts)Translation: We contracted with another company to run a search on happyface articles that we can rerun on the employee site, but we didn't bother to put the effort into writing the contract because really, who looks at employee sites? We have them screen out pro-union and pro-wage-raising stuff, but who knew any of the rest of that crap could get into the media and bite us in the ass?
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)Who really believes them at this point?
Rex
(65,616 posts)of their huge working class.
America really loves its share of wealthy self-entitled assholes that think just giving someone a job makes them god over that person. Keep getting out of touch you rich fuckers...when the poor finally get hungry enough and poor enough, they are going to EAT you along with a side of fries!