Posted on Sep 2, 2022
Taco Bell staff walk out of Kansas City restaurant: 'We wanted to be treated like human beings'
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Employees at the Taco Bell on Wornall Road staged a walkout in the middle of lunch Thursday, shutting down the store and rallying for a union and higher wages.
Taco Bell employees at one Kansas City restaurant walked off the job Thursday to protest conditions at the store.
Shift leader Fran Marion, who has worked at the 8215 Wornall location for a year, says the group chose to strike just before Labor Day to call attention to abusive customers, short staffing, lack of paid sick days, disrespectful management and low wages.
“A job shouldn’t be this difficult to come to and clock in and try to make a wage, not even a living wage,” she said.
Four workers stepped out of the restaurant at 12:30, in the middle of the lunch rush, to a cheering crowd from the workers' rights organization Stand Up KC. They taped a sign to the door: “Closed due to STRIKE”!
Taco Bell employees at one Kansas City restaurant walked off the job Thursday to protest conditions at the store.
Shift leader Fran Marion, who has worked at the 8215 Wornall location for a year, says the group chose to strike just before Labor Day to call attention to abusive customers, short staffing, lack of paid sick days, disrespectful management and low wages.
“A job shouldn’t be this difficult to come to and clock in and try to make a wage, not even a living wage,” she said.
Four workers stepped out of the restaurant at 12:30, in the middle of the lunch rush, to a cheering crowd from the workers' rights organization Stand Up KC. They taped a sign to the door: “Closed due to STRIKE”!
Taco Bell staff walk out of Kansas City restaurant: 'We wanted to be treated like human beings'
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel for those who passed judgement but failed to read the article... here is a little of what they were striking for. They deserve a safe work environment & a decent wage they can live on.
..."Marion said the tipping point for her and other employees was an incident two weeks ago where equipment malfunctioned and flooded the floor of the restaurant.
“There was literally standing water throughout the store,” she said.
Marion and other employees tried to close the doors to customers for safety reasons. She said she was later written up for insubordination by her general manager for closing the store without asking first.
KCUR attempted to reach DRG, the company that owns this Taco Bell franchise, for comment, but they did not respond by press time."...
..."Marion said the tipping point for her and other employees was an incident two weeks ago where equipment malfunctioned and flooded the floor of the restaurant.
“There was literally standing water throughout the store,” she said.
Marion and other employees tried to close the doors to customers for safety reasons. She said she was later written up for insubordination by her general manager for closing the store without asking first.
KCUR attempted to reach DRG, the company that owns this Taco Bell franchise, for comment, but they did not respond by press time."...
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Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth
Lock the doors and walk out. When they are ready to come back to work then open the doors.
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LTC Eugene Chu
Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth - It may backfire. Some restaurant workers may find jobs elsewhere and leave the owners/corporation hanging.
https://www.restaurantdive.com/news/why-arent-restaurant-workers-coming-back-heres-what-the-data-shows/606198/
https://www.restaurantdive.com/news/why-arent-restaurant-workers-coming-back-heres-what-the-data-shows/606198/
Why aren't restaurant workers coming back? Here's what the data shows.
While operators continue to point to high unemployment benefits keeping workers from returning, various reports show the staffing shortage is much more complicated.
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LTC Eugene Chu
Fast food in the US. Overseas locations of fast food pay better wages and benefits based on laws of respective country.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/08/opinion/sunday/us-denmark-economy.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/08/opinion/sunday/us-denmark-economy.html
Opinion | McDonald’s Workers in Denmark Pity Us (Published 2020)
Danes haven’t built a “socialist” country. Just one that works.
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Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth
LTC Eugene Chu don't care...never was designed to not should it be more than min wage ..want more money, gain some different skills and move up
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