The “Fight For $15” is a movement for fast food workers to get paid $15/hr and get union membership. Originally I saw this as something bad for the economy. On Friday I asked my teacher about it, and he changed me view. He explained how people would have more money that they could spend on things. This is due to the fact that people who aren’t rich normally spend money very fast. Their spending would cause more growth due to more money in circulation. This sounds great by what would happen to prices at these fast food places? Well since the fast food industries is normally comprised of big corporation prices will inflate. Those big corporations like McDonald’s or Jackinthebox might raise prices to keep their pockets filled. This can cause consumers to lose spending power due to them not having enough. As for the union part, that should be fine. Normally unions are in a factory setting, but they should still be counted in. Fast food worker is a low skill job that gets under-appreciated. Normally fast food workers get overworked, under paid, and even last second notice on schedule change. What might discourage the unionization is employers threatening to hire only nonmembers. This could lead to people still getting screwed over. On the other hand, the encouragement is the mistreatment of workers. I do feel that they should be part of the union, but not go as high as $15. I feel that a good paid would be $12.00-$12.50 /hr. That way the price inflation won’t be so hard on the consumers.
3/9/2019
Sociology Blog 