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http://aattp.org/dominos-fires-employees-after-they-refuse-to-work-below-minimum-wage/Posted by: Howard Crane in Economic Issues, Most Popular on AATTP December 9, 2013
"America’s purveyors of half-baked crust and under-cooked cheese are clearly not too thrilled about paying a fair wage to their employees.
In yet another shocking example of a corporate giant exploiting its workers, employees of a New York City Domino’s claim they were fired from their delivery jobs after complaining to management about unfair wages. According to CBS, Domino’s said the delivery drivers worked extended hours inside the restaurant, but still for less than minimum wage — and without tips. Following a meeting with management about the issue, 24 employees were terminated. Currently, the employees receive $6.00 an hour plus tips just to scrape by.
Domino’s just added more fuel to the severely underpaid worker’s fire. Workers and advocacy groups are continually organizing protests and walkouts to demand a living wage and the right to unionize, which would protect them from examples like this one at Domino’s. Assembly Member Gabriela Rosa said,"
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NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)
Domino's plans:
Bennyboy
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calimary
(81,480 posts)Take no prisoners. And order no pizza!
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)So bad you can see the stink! Gives psychedalia a bad name. Been boycotting that blob for 35 yrs.
wryter2000
(46,082 posts)My husband would have had my hide if I ordered one of those pizzas. We were definitely on the same page on this one. Blech on so many levels
FrodosPet
(5,169 posts)Aren't Christian Dominionists a protestant thing? Tom Monaghan is Catholic - a member of Opus Dei and the founder of the "Ave Maria Foundation".
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opus_Dei
Opus Dei, formally known as The Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei (Latin: Praelatura Sanctae Crucis et Operis Dei), is an institution of the Roman Catholic Church that teaches that everyone is called to holiness and that ordinary life is a path to sanctity. The majority of its membership are lay people, with secular priests under the governance of a prelate (bishop) elected by specific members and appointed by the Pope. Opus Dei is Latin for Work of God; hence the organization is often referred to by members and supporters as the Work.
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Doctrine
Main article: Teachings of Opus Dei
Opus Dei is an organisation of the Catholic Church. As such, it shares the doctrines of the Catholic Church.
Opus Dei places special emphasis on certain aspects of Catholic doctrine. A central feature of Opus Dei's theology is its focus on the lives of the ordinary Catholics who are neither priests nor monks. Opus Dei emphasises the "universal call to holiness": the belief that everyone should aspire to be a saint, as per Jesus' commandment to "Love God with all your heart" (Matthew 22:37) and "Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect." (Matthew 5:48) Opus Dei also teaches that sanctity is within the reach of everyone, not just a few special individuals, given Jesus' teaching that his demands are "easy" and "light," as his divine assistance is assured. (Matthew 11:28–30)
Opus Dei does not have monks or nuns, and only a minority of its members are priests. Opus Dei emphasizes uniting spiritual life with professional, social, and family life. Members of Opus Dei lead ordinary lives, with traditional families and secular careers, and strive to "sanctify ordinary life". Indeed, Pope John Paul II called Escrivá "the saint of ordinary life".
Similarly, Opus Dei stresses the importance of work and professional competence. While some religious institutes encourage their members to withdraw from the material world, Opus Dei exhorts its members and all lay Catholics to "find God in daily life" and to perform their work excellently as a service to society and as a fitting offering to God. Opus Dei teaches that work not only contributes to social progress but is "a path to holiness", and its founder advised people to: "Sanctify your work. Sanctify yourself in your work. Sanctify others through your work."
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blm
(113,092 posts)when the truth is that they are too cheap or too well known to pay a dominatrix to do it. Opus Dei provides great cover for these self-righteous perverts.
cactusfractal
(497 posts)I'm not defending the self-righteous, of course, but labeling them as "perverts" might lead someone to believe you find the entire practice of BDSM "perverted", when really it's just something that doesn't ring your particular bell.
Use care when labeling; you might be offending your friends or fellow philosophical travelers who just happen to be into such things. After all... 
Caretha
(2,737 posts)You go beat whoever you like and let them beat you if you like. But, people who are trying to make a living wage to feed themselves and their families are probably not talking about "self flagellation" and getting sexually "off" or sexually "satisfied"......they are just talking about food for Gawd's sake!
You want to talk about BDSM....go start another thread in the appropriate forum....this is about survival.....get it???????????????
Blus4u
(608 posts)Way to go....and get us back on topic....
"this is about survival.....get it???????????????"
There certainly seem to be a whole lot of 'professional' de-railers out there
Peace
cactusfractal
(497 posts)O noes. You found me out. My lucrative trolling career has been destroyed in an instant.
cactusfractal
(497 posts)"Pervert" is something those very same Opus Dei folks call loving and peaceful (and certainly not abusive) homosexuals, while working to keep their own Church child abuse horrors hidden from public view.
We're supposed to be better than that, aren't we? Labeling people because we aren't like them?
blm
(113,092 posts)and join a religion like Opus Dei to pull it off, expect to be seen as a pervert.
wryter2000
(46,082 posts)I stand corrected. Or my husband does, 'cause he's the one who told me.
caraher
(6,279 posts)This was in Ann Arbor... one of those "more Catholic than the Pope" folks (especially the current pope!). Monaghan founded and financed a weekly publication sent to all the Catholics in the diocese, maybe the state, that was more Republican than Catholic; he also founded his own university and law school, Ave Maria. Eventually he picked up his toys and took much of his RW Catholic empire to Naples, FL when he got tired of all the "anti-Catholic" bias (the charge leveled against opponents of his more harebrained schemes, like building a 300-foot-tall crucifix - clearly neighbors who didn't want such things were motivated by hatred of "papists" and not concern for whatever gaudy monument to his personal beliefs he wanted to put next door).
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)Some of the entities I have long ago written off from shopping.
They_Live
(3,240 posts)racing to the bottom.
PeoViejo
(2,178 posts)....and make sure the assh0les running it lose their shirts.
ck4829
(35,091 posts)
groundloop
(11,523 posts)I had the unpleasant experience of working for a Domino's store after graduating from college with a chemical engineering degree. There's no love lost between myself and that place and I still avoid their pizza at all cost. But to be fair most Domino's stores are franchises, so the decisions made about these employees was more than likely the result of the local franchise owner.
What's really bullshit is that these employees were working inside the store with no chance of getting tips while being paid a wage intended for tipped employees.
Brigid
(17,621 posts)Impose requirements on such things as wages and working conditions?
groundloop
(11,523 posts)But Tom Monaghan is pretty much a greedy right wing jerk and I don't imagine he gives a crap about working conditions or pay, so long as he keeps getting rich.
demwing
(16,916 posts)
Sgent
(5,857 posts)franchisees are almost assuredly prohibited from breaking federal labor law -- which paying an employee in an untipped position less than minimum wage most definitely the case.
The real fun for this asshole is going to come when one of the employees talks to an attorney, who can get both back pay, treble damages, and attorney's fees for him and his client, and can let the IRS come after the employer for illegally computing withholding taxes.
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)I had a VERY bad experience there, but the franchise owner was particularly deceptive and abusive, to the point the mothership actually yanked the franchise out from under her.
You have to be a spectacular piece of shit to actually lose your franchise...
SCVDem
(5,103 posts)You live in New York and order CHAIN pizza?
This is a job for Jon Stewart and another episode of "Pizza Wars"!
randome
(34,845 posts)
[hr][font color="blue"][center]There is nothing you can't do if you put your mind to it.
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Fuddnik
(8,846 posts)The founder built his own fundie city in Florida, and they tried to control the cable TV. No porn, and only their approved channels could be piped in. They tried to ban the drug store from selling contraceptives and condoms, but lost a lawsuit on that.
And they wonder why nobody is buying the property.
The same goes for Porta John's Pizza. Won't buy their shit either.
Stainless
(718 posts)I never order Dominoes or Papa John's because of their Fundy/GOP anti-worker business models.
47of74
(18,470 posts)Neither Dominos nor Porta John's.
geardaddy
(24,931 posts)Porta John's 
olegramps
(8,200 posts)It really riles me to see the commercials that Payton, who recent purchased a number of franchises in the Denver area, made with that creep.
MindMover
(5,016 posts)because most of these pizza parlors are franchises which are owned locally ... and I will always tip generously,
so to avoid my guilty pleasures feelings ....
heaven05
(18,124 posts)been here 38 years, ordered dominos pizza just once. Had a few pieces at parties and such. Never liked it. I hope those workers win their case and get retroactive fair pay. But with monied people being trickle down god(s) and with the 'money is god' climate/culture of this country, I doubt it.
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)Even as a delivery driver, they'll milk you for every penny they can, let you shoulder your own fuel costs, maintenance costs, etc.
If you're not REALLY good at math, you'll actually lose out, working for them, even as a temp starter job.
dem in texas
(2,674 posts)They treat their employees like dirt and their pizza tastes like shit!
aptal
(304 posts)Can't really stand their pizza... and this article just helps me understand why they suck more.
FatBuddy
(376 posts)
Cha
(297,666 posts)
City Lights
(25,171 posts)Haven't eaten their crap pizza in years.
KansDem
(28,498 posts)When I got it home and opened the box, I couldn't tell where the box ended and the pizza began.
True story!
City Lights
(25,171 posts)That sums it up!
cstanleytech
(26,319 posts)
gvstn
(2,805 posts)My interpretation is that they had their delivery drivers working in the restaurant doing jobs that should have paid at least minimum wage. So a delivery driver might make $6/hr. plus tips and a pizza cooker might make minimum wage. If you get a delivery driver to help out and cook pizza you save $2/hr and he gets screwed by making less than minimum wage.
Basically the same as having a waitress set up tables in a restaurant for a couple of hours at her normal waitress wage of $2.13/hr. It is wrong in every way. I don't know how it is usually handled but I know this point has come up before in the waitress situation.
avaistheone1
(14,626 posts)
randome
(34,845 posts)That needs to change, too.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]There is nothing you can't do if you put your mind to it.
Nothing.[/center][/font][hr]
zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)They do have to make sure that the tips are actually being generated such that their pay meets federal minimum wage guidelines. It's a lax requirement that I'm sure goes overlooked a bunch. But what they were doing is almost assuredly illegal.
randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]There is nothing you can't do if you put your mind to it.
Nothing.[/center][/font][hr]
yuiyoshida
(41,861 posts)I would sooner bake my own Pizza than call those bastards up. They seemly want a slave labor force..well let them go over seas and get them.. I hope every Domino's worker, walks out and never returns.
Fuddnik
(8,846 posts)Pick it up. take it home and bake it.
Best pizza anywhere!
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)I buy my gluten free crust. (It is near imposible to make, trust me, have tried and glutino is fine). Make my own sause at home, it is really easy. Cut my own Vegies, buy good shredded mozzarella and bake it at home. It is the best pizza ever.
angry citizen
(73 posts)Anyone doing business with these greedy bastards, should be ashamed.
yuiyoshida
(41,861 posts)that are mom and pop shops. San Francisco has some wonderful Italian restaurants that go back to the 1800s, when they were established. Many of them can no longer (but still try to) compete with the big companies, and the city of San Francisco has limited the amount of FAST FOOT restaurants in the city. You don't need to deal with a chain restaurant here...so there are local places, with local businessmen, and the money pays local workers a fairly decent wage.
edited to note that San Francisco is still a Union town and has not allowed Republicans to bully the Unions into collapsing. There are too many Liberal, and progressive Democrats in this town!
CFLDem
(2,083 posts)Not quite Giordano's deep dish... but what is amiright?
valerief
(53,235 posts)geardaddy
(24,931 posts)Domino's is shit.
Ace Acme
(1,464 posts)I just put some tomato sauce and cheese on oatmeal. That's my pizza.
Vashta Nerada
(3,922 posts)No one deserves to work for crappy wages. I'm so glad these people have the courage to stick up for what's right.
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)A tip is supposed to be an acknowledgement that the waiter or waitress gave service that was beyond what the employer pays for. Most waiters and waitresses give really good service, so it is customary to give a tip. But the waiters and waitresses should still be paid decently by their employers. The employer should not leave it up to sometimes stingy customers to decide what kind of wage the employee gets. Not in restaurants, especially fast food restaurants and worst of all, little food stands. That makes no sense to me.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)They still get paid a minimum wage.
I have to remind myself, whenever we travel to OH, that OH has different rates for wait staff. We tip accordingly, as in better than we do in Cali.
Yup, restaurant owners try every so often to turn the clock back in Sacramento. Poor babies!!!
cascadiance
(19,537 posts)... in a close race and Kitzhaber just announced not too long ago that he's running for reelection now. It IS a winning issue that those that get tips should have the same minimum wage requirements as those who don't. Dudley had a nasty stance on minimum wage here in Oregon, and I think that was what hurt him.
http://www.politifact.com/oregon/statements/2010/oct/15/john-kitzhaber/john-kitzhaber-claims-chris-dudley-finds-oregons-m/
Oregon's state law now protects those waiters/waitresses who make tips to have the same minimum wage. And having this law in place HAS NOT hurt Oregon's economy with them making more money now.
quakerboy
(13,921 posts)Living in Oregon, fairly politically active, and I didn't even know that was an issue in '10.
I can see where that could determine a lot of votes. Its easy to scare an employee making 2.15 by telling them that their employer will lay people off if they elect the guy who will raise that rate. But try telling a guy making 8 an hour that you want to cut their pay to 2.15, and see if he votes for ya.
What I dont get is why so many elected Oregon Dem's seem intent on starting a sales tax. I cant think of a single voter I know, either side of the isle, who wants a sales tax.
SomethingFishy
(4,876 posts)back in the 80's to keep wait staff pay at 2.15 an hour... forever? Waiters and Waitresses still make 2.15 an hour in many places... It's bullshit. Especially when you factor in that the people with money tend not to tip well at all.
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)DUers. All good people, but you never forget your experiences waiting tables. I have the utmost respect for people who do it year-in and year-out. It's really tiring. And you definitely get your hands very dirty. I do not think that people who eat out a lot could begin to understand how much comfort and pleasure they owe to the waiters and waitresses who serve them.
justabob
(3,069 posts)from the time I started waiting tables in 1991, until just last year, 2.17/hour was the rate for wait staff in something like 30 states. It finally went up by law last year or the year before.... to 2.27/hour. Effing insanity.
Le Taz Hot
(22,271 posts)California requires ALL workers, including restaurant workers, make at least minimum wage. If that's true, any state can do the same if they're that concerned about it. I would think New York could get it done given the high cost of living there (same with California).
malaise
(269,157 posts)eat that shite.
Pretzel_Warrior
(8,361 posts)I hope his workers rebel and take over the whole company. Then force feed him his own pizza for a few years.
Rex
(65,616 posts)Their pizza tasted like paste & cardboard, should have just gone to the store and bought a Red Baron.
WillyT
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Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)badtoworse
(5,957 posts)I can't believe $6 an hour would break any decent pizzeria. If they're that strapped for cash, maybe they should offer a better product.
marble falls
(57,225 posts)brand I could boycott??? This is stupid past stupid.
Mrdrboi
(110 posts)Enthusiast
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MichiganVote
(21,086 posts)cheap ingredients. Better off with something from the freezer aisle.
YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)MichiganVote
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Phlem
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The CCC
(463 posts)It is a crime to not pay at least the minimum wage. Put these greedy corporate bastards behind bars for a very long time.
Le Taz Hot
(22,271 posts)a couple of years ago after a poster mentioned it in DU's Cooking and Baking group. Not only can you grill your own cheaper and easier, it takes about the same time as delivery.
Basically, you make your own pizza dough (you can find the recipe online). After it's risen and you beat it down, break the dough ball into two parts (you can make 2 pizzas out of one pizza dough recipe). Roll each one out (ours never turns out round--usually more oblong), place on a greased cookie sheet and take out to the grill. My husband puts it on a large piece of aluminum foil and slaps it on the grill that way. Grill one side, flip it over and start putting your stuff on. We make it simple and put on marinara (I make and can that at home but commercial is just fine, even though it's more expensive), add the shredded cheese and whatever toppings you want (we usually the 99-cents a pack Farmer John sausage-cooked), olives, onions and bell peppers (pre-cooked) and cook until the crust is done.
You're looking at two good-sized pizzas for under $5.00 and they feed a LOT.
RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)There is no way that anyone in their right mind would order a cardboard pizza from these ganifs, when there are such better quality, family run pizza joints all over NYC.
Sheesh, they invented pizza in NYC, you would think that you could get better than this crap.
Even if it's a franchised deal, the person who purchased the franchise is an idiot to start. You don't open a cardboard pizza joint in the place where they invented REAL pizza!
Perhaps these folks can go work for a nice Italian, family run small outfit, whose pizza does not taste like cardboard and cheese!
dflprincess
(28,082 posts)and announced that its starting hourly wage will be $10.
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http://www.startribune.com/local/235164431.html
Last Thursday thousands of low-paid workers took to the streets in cities across the country to argue for greater income equity and a raise in the minimum wage.
The same day, a Minnesota company, Punch Pizza, announced it would unilaterally raise its own minimum wage to $10 for new employees. In fact, the company also raised the wages of more than 80 percent of its 300 employees, including pizza chefs and managers.
When I heard the news I contacted Kris Jacobs of Jobs Now Coalition, a nonprofit that conducts employment studies and advocates for a living wage for working families. Jacobs has been around the block, and the State Capitol, and has learned to be wary of corporate largesse that sometimes turns out to be a ploy for some bill that will actually harm workers — a diversionary tactic in advance of a tip credit push, for example. So she made some phone calls, and then she went out for pizza.
When she entered the Punch on Grand Avenue in St. Paul, Jacobs was met by a friendly, upbeat crew.
“After I gave her my order I loudly told her why I was there — because their wages were going up,” said Jacobs. “People around me, waiting for or eating their pizzas, gave me a thumbs up. I asked her if it was a good place to work and she said, ‘Yeah, it’s like a family, really!’ ”
Jacobs came away believing Punch is raising wages because it believes doing so will help keep good employees, and because diners will reward the company for it.
more at the link
proReality
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Kurovski
(34,655 posts)Let 200,000 privately owned pizza joints rise up to take their place.
Just be done with that culinary disaster.
Nine
(1,741 posts)mountain grammy
(26,653 posts)The kids would show up at their time to work, but the store manager wouldn't let them clock in until it got busy. When my husband heard that, he went ballistic. Called the regional office and the Colorado Dept. of Labor. The store changed their ways, but our son had to quit, which was fine. Dominos is a terrible company.
alp227
(32,053 posts)"Ya either work for dinero poco or I'm callin' ICE and you'll never see your kids again!"
America needs a god-damned worker uprising. We've had ENOUGH corporate greed for 3 decades and change. Why can't America rise up like the Ukrainians or Thai?
drm604
(16,230 posts)I can't understand why anyone around here uses the chains. They can't come close in taste to the pizzerias here in the Philly area.