Could This Happen In Australia

[grandmoon]

Chicago: Hundreds of protesters pushing for higher fast-food wages returned to protest outside McDonald's headquarters on Thursday as activists attending the world's largest hamburger chain's annual meeting peppered executives with questions on topics ranging from marketing practices to employee compensation.

One of the protesters outside, Melinda Topel, of Kansas City, Missouri, said she has worked for McDonald's "on and off" for 10 years. She was among those arrested while protesting on Wednesday.

Ms Topel said that she was making $US9.50 an hour in 2007, when she left McDonald's to pursue an associate's degree, and now makes $US7.50 ($8.10) an hour.

"It's almost next to impossible," Ms Topel said. "We have to budget every penny. We have to rely on social services, things like food stamps."

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/payhungry-workers-descend-on-mcdonalds-annual-meeting-20140523-zrlma.htm...

[icyfroth]

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@paintsew007 wrote:

so icy......you want all that Hockey is proposing in his Budget AND you want a lowering of wages..... a devalued Australian currency because it assists in restoring a favourable balance of trade?

You don't want much do you?! though I agree with industry tariff protections and more Australian exporting-so long as Australian consumers don't suffer by getting supply of 'rubbish' or leftovers when the good stuff is experted. Exporters should be given incentives to supply domestic markets first IMO.

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Excuse me? Where do you get the idea this what I, or anybody else wants?

It was done back in the 1930s by then PM Joseph Lyons and was no doubt quite unpopular at the time. Let's hope it doesn't come to that.

Yet it got us back to "stability and financial growth", according to the history.

[fourandsixpants]

Pardon me??

There is nothing wrong with Australia's 'stability'.

We need REVENUE making .....actual jobs.