So you want $15/hr for flipping burgers???
How about getting a student loan, getting a REAL Job, and earning your money???
Paramedic Salary
Paramedics in the United States pull down an average of $16.16 per hour.
Fast Food Workers Believe They Deserve More Pay Than Paramedics
Detroit fast food workers work the drive-thru, wash dishes, prep food, and sometimes work the night shift. And their argument for raising the wage to $15 per hour is because that's too much work for one person to do.
During a recent minimum wage protest in the city, about 80 workers stood in front of city hall in the rain to beat drums, sing songs, and demand a near-doubling of the minimum wage, plus union rights. But one thoughtful reporter for Detroit's Fox 2 posed a question that should have put their demands in perspective, yet fell on deaf ears.
Roop Raj said, "Some people say that paramedics don't even make $15 an hour and they save lives. So, why should fast food workers get that?"
"Because we do too much. We do more... than we get paid," an unnamed fast food employee said.
Organizers of the protest chose city hall to air their grievances in order to put pressure on politicians and tell them that if they don't stand for these demands, they won't have votes come election time. Coincidentally, the city's mayor-elect joined the festivities.
And while these fast food workers ducked out of their jobs for the day, paramedics were present for theirs, doing what they do -- saving lives and helping people -- because, well, that's what they agreed to do.
How about getting a student loan, getting a REAL Job, and earning your money???
Paramedic Salary
Paramedics in the United States pull down an average of $16.16 per hour.
Fast Food Workers Believe They Deserve More Pay Than Paramedics
Detroit fast food workers work the drive-thru, wash dishes, prep food, and sometimes work the night shift. And their argument for raising the wage to $15 per hour is because that's too much work for one person to do.
During a recent minimum wage protest in the city, about 80 workers stood in front of city hall in the rain to beat drums, sing songs, and demand a near-doubling of the minimum wage, plus union rights. But one thoughtful reporter for Detroit's Fox 2 posed a question that should have put their demands in perspective, yet fell on deaf ears.
Roop Raj said, "Some people say that paramedics don't even make $15 an hour and they save lives. So, why should fast food workers get that?"
"Because we do too much. We do more... than we get paid," an unnamed fast food employee said.
Organizers of the protest chose city hall to air their grievances in order to put pressure on politicians and tell them that if they don't stand for these demands, they won't have votes come election time. Coincidentally, the city's mayor-elect joined the festivities.
And while these fast food workers ducked out of their jobs for the day, paramedics were present for theirs, doing what they do -- saving lives and helping people -- because, well, that's what they agreed to do.