Who's Keeping Burger King Workers Below the Poverty Line?

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What would you do with an extra $18,000 in your pocket?

That's the amount of extra cash each and every Burger King employee in America would have received last year if Goldman Sachs (one of the fast-food chain's largest owners) had shared its bailout billions with rank-and-file workers. Instead, Goldman Sachs squandered 6.5 billion of our taxpayer dollars on bonuses for their financial staff. These were some of the highest bonuses on Wall Street! Meanwhile, Burger King workers earn wages averaging just $14,000 a year -- well below the federal poverty line for a family of three.

Goldman Sachs has been having it their way with Burger King workers for too long. It's high time you had it your way with Goldman Sachs. Tell the Wall Street giant how they could have used the $6.5 billion blown on bonuses. We're looking for the most creative, constructive, or comical ideas to curb corporate greed and help fix the financial crisis. We will send all ideas to Goldman Sachs as a reprimand for their wastefulness. The winner of the Have It Your Way with Goldman Sachs contest will have their idea featured in our next video. The contest ends March 3.

Enter the contest: http://warongreed.org

Pass this video and contest to your friends and family. Tell them working people all over the country are pushing back against Wall Street excess. We're joining with SEIU and others to stage demonstrations and hold Goldman Sachs accountable! And tell them it's time to end this era of corporate greed and impunity.

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[JTPxxx]

American leaders would rather give their children bmw's and 50 thousand dollar bday parties then help the country. American citizens are being robbed by the over entitled, monopoly creating, greedy, characterless low life's.

[lizz11]

constantly getting burned by hot grease, CRABBY bitchy customers, and for the lucky ones that work third shift, we constantly get harassed & yelled at by drunks. so do NOT sit there and say that its easy work, mindless, etc. you obviously have NO idea what it's like.

[gacizawesome]

@KnappDrumm3r I don't think that's really true. It's the the extravagant pay of the CEO's that would be sacrificed for better pay to workers. Now, these CEO's are smart people obviously. All the little guys have been run out of business because of mass production from nation wide companies. They tempt with product a dollar off here and there at the long-term expense of losing more local jobs. Invest locally! 

[boxofpi314]

That's it-Wendys is the only fast food chain I will go to from now on.

McDonalds serves fried fat on a bun.

Burger King does no better, but they also abuse their own workers.

[ProletarianTakeover]

@JTPxxx i smell socialist revolution

[yourysavior]

Those that say working in the fast-food industry is "easy" or "mindless" aren't looking at the whole picture. Yes, it is easy to take orders, flip burgers, serve food, but NOT in conjunction, and DEFINITELY not with the standards the corporations hold you up to. Working at a fast-food restaurant is EXTREMELY stressful, with timers and customers constantly berating your demeanor, being expected to perform multiple different jobs at once, and it is largely thankless (on top of making minimum wage)

[KnappDrumm3r]

@MegaDoggyBag Prices would skyrocket at restaurants if that was the case. That is how they (Burger King, McDonald's, etc.) keep their prices so low. I work at a Burger King. 10/hour is about the wage for an Assistant Manager position. When it comes down to respect, I believe you should earn your wage, via getting up through management positions. BK isn't really a hard job whatsoever. Maybe it is for a woman of her size. But I have lots of energy so I am all over the place. Its easy

[hellzfirefly]

Hey, how about we think on a wider scale? Which is better for the economy, a handful of rich bankers with the means to buy 20 brand new cars each, or 300,000 people with the means to buy one new car each? That's just one hypothetical. Imagine how many of those 300,000 can now afford to get a long-standing health condition looked at (work for docs), or finally get their roof replaced (construction job). Jobs are created by DEMAND, not the employers! Greed is ruining the economy in EVERY way.

[MegaDoggyBag]

2,500 hour, they could pay 10.00 hour to start and up, people would have more respect for the job and the business

[cheezombie]

@Bruce1949919

You have no understanding of what capitalism, communism, or fascism are, and that's what's wrong with this country.

[cheezombie]

@Bruce1949919 No, private enterprises control the state, the media, and the money supply. Isn't it funny that Ron Paul, who is for ending The Fed, is being ignored by the mainstream media despite strong support in the polls? Do you really think censorship is not happening? Quit being afraid and wake the fuck up. Corporations by their definition are not capitalistic. They can only exist with a state.

[Bruce1949919]

@cliftymike1 Who the hell are you bucko? If any company is not paying minimum wage or not honoring overtime laws there is a remedy. But you must watch the video again. Many line people from Fast Food Restaurants go on to get their own and sometimes multiples. They become the high earners. But you must play the rules right. Read my answer again. And if you have worked hard to achieve this you have the right to make more money. Not by cheating have you. So shut up and read for a change.