The fast food industry is not designed for people that are trying to make a living for a long term. I believe that as soon as you are past your 20's, working in the fast food industry renders you unfavorable to future employers. Most people working these "McJobs" are college students and teenagers...why? because they just want money, not a living. Making a living and making money are two different things. To have a job to make money is a temporary position, it will not lead you to any future glories, it's just for people that need or want to make some side money, that have no real experience in the labor force. To make a living is to have a long term job, to have stable pay from which you can actually live, without the need of government help.
One question that I have is why would a nurse, someone with a degree, albeit from another country, aim so low? This woman could have gone to school, and kept practicing nursing at some clinic or hospital. It's not a miracle for new immigrants to be able to make something of themselves, my family came here with a mere two thousand dollars, now both of my parents are working high ranking jobs, my mother a Dean of Ultrasound and Queens Hospital Center and my father one of the head engineers at a facility off the coast of Manhattan. No McJobs, aim straight to where you deserve to be.
I agree that some of the people working in the fast food industry are young people. However, there's also people like Ms. Tapia who has no other choice but to work at places like McDonald's. The fact is that they are struggling to survive at a minimum wage, while these corporations are making millions everyday. I believe the objective of "Dignity" is to open our eyes to the tactics the fast food industry uses to oppress the workers for it's own benefit.
ReplyDeleteMikeaz you make a great point that fast food is only suppose to be a temporary job because of how low the wages. What I don't understand why people get mad start riots and stuff because of the wages and no benefits before they start the job they know what they're getting themselves into if you don't like the job then why work their? The corporations are only out for the money and themselves so unless someone doesn't have an education or unless your goals aren't that high for your future you shouldn't be working at these places. This article did open my eyes to how corporation don't care about anybody but themselves but for the people falling for these jobs how about instead of wasting their time protesting and rioting they look for better wages and better benefits somewhere else since fast food corporation won't be changing anything anytime soon
ReplyDeleteThat is true, however you also have to consider that Tapia also had two children to care for, as well as a third child later on. By that time she was still working 2 jobs that paid enough for her to have a small place to stay. You're right that you cant make living on a "McJob" and i fully agree with you but Tapia had to make money somehow.
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