Preston added that fired staff will be allowed to reapply for their jobs when the restaurant reopens in the new year.
I think this has less to do about the ineffective strike, but more about the heartless way a corporation let go it minimum wage employees.
I know many of you have little sympathy for minimum wage employees, but they do have a hard life. Does that mean they deserve a government raise? NO, but you must recognize they have a hard life.
I think the OP sensationalized the strike as the cause of the mass firing and the liberal media helped that theory along. However, after reading the ENTIRE article, the restaurant employees went on strike during a bad time and then shortly after that the company decided to rebrand and give the location a make over. The employees would have been out of work for at least a month. Not something they could do.
You might say poor timing right at Christmas, but in reality, there are many many retailers and other like companies hiring low wage workers at this time, so maybe the timing wasn't to bad.
If someone is making the minimum wage it is because:
They have little to no skills
They are uneducated
They are young and just entering the workplace
They have made so many recent bad choices no employer will hire them
They have a bad attitude
That have a bad work history
They have tattoos all over the body, long hair, beard and a bone through their nose
They have no ambition
Their work schedule is inflexible
They have health problems from being obese, smoking, drug and alcohol use
And a dozen other reasons they are stuck on the bottom
Not my problem Their problem and they AND ONLY THEY can lift themselves out of a dead end job.
Many people making the minimum wage are not worth that.