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Omaha Steve's Labor Group

delisen

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12. Are you willing to help the workers form a union

Reply to doc03 (Reply #2)

Sun Jan 29, 2023, 08:41 PM

Jan 2023

and get rid of the timer ?

For me the issue is we have billionaires preserving and making worse the income gap and inequality of income and the rest of us commiserate with the workers by tipping. So the big problem never gets solved. In fact income distribution getS more skewed.

I don’t know the answer. I don’t use drive thrus and am decreasing use of fast food joints. Dropping out seems to be improving my life but is hardly the answer for most people.

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'I'm not gonna f*cking tip you when all you're doing is taking a cup and handing it to somebody' [View all] Omaha Steve Jan 2023 OP

I bribed my bicycle mechanic $20 to put my bike ahead of the line one day last summer, nt doc03 Jan 2023 #1

Starbucks workers deserve a tip. They work non stop all day they have a timer at the drive through doc03 Jan 2023 #2

Are you willing to help the workers form a union delisen Jan 2023 #12

Being a lifelong union member, I support unions. It is up them to vote doc03 Jan 2023 #13

I'm going to tip...whether others do or not...even for simple service Sancho Jan 2023 #3

Ex Waitress here. ggma Jan 2023 #11

Target home delivery allows tipping of the delivery person via credit card and Target in2herbs Jan 2023 #4

Apparently that Tiktoker has never actually been to Starbucks AZSkiffyGeek Jan 2023 #5

I work at a local coffee shop vercetti2021 Jan 2023 #6

U.S. Tipping is Way to Preserve Inequality of Income delisen Jan 2023 #7

My son worked as a barista for years Fiendish Thingy Jan 2023 #8

If they'd pay a decent wage in the first place, tips wouldn't be necessary. 3Hotdogs Jan 2023 #9

+1. Herman Cain, Godfather's Pizza CEO, NRA Pres., Enduring Lobbying Triumph: appalachiablue Jan 2023 #14

People routinely tip some low wage occupations and not others that earn similar wages MichMan Jan 2023 #10

Adam Smith explained it better. IF nobody tipped, wages would be $2.15 per hour. 3Hotdogs Jan 2023 #15

By law, employers are required to make up the difference between the tipped wage and minimum wage MichMan Jan 2023 #17

My simple solution PJMcK Jan 2023 #16

Are they paid actual minimum wage or what restaurant waiters/waitresses are paid? LiberalFighter Jan 2023 #18