Blog Entry #8

                                      "The Fast Food Industry, Labor, and the Union"



I think the fast food employers should have or should be able to for  union, According to the "Fast Food  Nation" a book wrote by Erick Schlosser, in the book he talked about the way the fast food industry mistreated their employees. They have paid less money, they don't have people to represent them. People to force the industry to pay them fairly, to force the industry to give the quality they deserve as employee. Such as; health benefits, sickbays, personal days and some kind of education's fund since some of them are college students or have responsibilities.


The fast food employees are like any other employees. they got up everyday, to go to work, they pay rent and living expensive. They even work hardest than some high paid employees. What Schlosser was trying to do was to open the eyes of the nation to show them and brought to the attention of those who are concerned. According to my experiences, fast food employees should be the most rewarded people; for their hard works and all the energy they have put into their communities. For those reasons they should have a good labor due to their  hard works.

from what I read  so far from the book Eric Schlosser said that most of fast food industry employees are young people some of them are least eighteen, or college student. They go to school, work hard, I think it will be more beneficial for them to have or be able to form a Union because some of the unions help you with the college tuition, health benefits, pay holidays even pay sick days. If those young people are worked so hard to make fast food industry rich why not get something back. At least give them some benefits, make them proud of the kind of job they are doing.

There is lot that has to be done, the government or other people who have power should brought this subject up.To force the fast food industry like any other industry to pay their employees fairly. I will benefits them by helping either with living expensive,or education founds. It will also encourage other young people to work. There is a lot young people out there they refused to work to a fast place like Mc Donald because they said the industry doesn't pay. The minimum wage of most fast food industry is $6.50 nobody will go stave off themselves for $6.50 unless you're really needed it.


So many people eat at the fast food restaurants specially the children. Because of all the commercials and games the fast food industry put out there to brain washed people. And also people whom don't like to cook because they claimed that the fast food is easy to get and it is everywhere, less expensive, which is not. For example; the big Mac; Mc Donald claimed that sandwich is big that the reason they have called it Big Mac. But in the reality to have a big mac you have to pay more because they have medium and large meal and their taxes are high.

I think the current working conditions are unfair specially to their employees the way they fast food industry treated them. with no benefits what so ever the fast food industry is taking advantage of their employees to get rich. Work more, pay  less,  no policy they fire them at anytime I think  more has to be done to protect those young workers.