The wing nuts will love this one, but I find it odd.
Instead of trying to get ahead as an individual, liberals insist on "demanding" something from another. Does that seem odd to anyone else?
Now a wing nut might argue that one cannot get ahead individually, but that's entirely defeatist.
I love this first paragraph. Working is soooooooooooooo oppressive.
Chasten Florence was on his lunch break when he decided to join a protest outside a McDonald's in New York City on Wednesday. To be honest, Florence wasn't really sure what he was helping protest. But as he lay his body down on the sidewalk at a die-in of low-wage workers demanding a $15 wage and a union, Florence simply explained, "These are my people."
Didn't Florence need to eat lunch? Sure, but he could spare five minutes. Working concrete on construction jobs, Florence earns more than $15 an hour and thinks everyone else should, too. "I don't know how you can raise a household on less," said Florence. And he's right. You can't.
On April 15, workers from McDonald's, Walmart and other low-wage employers were joined by college students and adjunct faculty, domestic workers and leaders from the Black Lives Matter movement. In all, tens of thousands participated in protests in 200 cities across the United States to demand a $15 minimum wage and a union. The #FightFor15 is unconventional in that, instead of focusing on Congress to raise wages, workers and advocates are pressuring employers and also the general public-trying to foster awareness about dismal wages and working conditions and create a groundswell of support for change.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/04/18/demand-a-higher-wage-people.html
Instead of trying to get ahead as an individual, liberals insist on "demanding" something from another. Does that seem odd to anyone else?
Now a wing nut might argue that one cannot get ahead individually, but that's entirely defeatist.
I love this first paragraph. Working is soooooooooooooo oppressive.
Chasten Florence was on his lunch break when he decided to join a protest outside a McDonald's in New York City on Wednesday. To be honest, Florence wasn't really sure what he was helping protest. But as he lay his body down on the sidewalk at a die-in of low-wage workers demanding a $15 wage and a union, Florence simply explained, "These are my people."
Didn't Florence need to eat lunch? Sure, but he could spare five minutes. Working concrete on construction jobs, Florence earns more than $15 an hour and thinks everyone else should, too. "I don't know how you can raise a household on less," said Florence. And he's right. You can't.
On April 15, workers from McDonald's, Walmart and other low-wage employers were joined by college students and adjunct faculty, domestic workers and leaders from the Black Lives Matter movement. In all, tens of thousands participated in protests in 200 cities across the United States to demand a $15 minimum wage and a union. The #FightFor15 is unconventional in that, instead of focusing on Congress to raise wages, workers and advocates are pressuring employers and also the general public-trying to foster awareness about dismal wages and working conditions and create a groundswell of support for change.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/04/18/demand-a-higher-wage-people.html
