Well, the United Auto Workers really showed a disastrous side in the 1970s'.
A lot of our cars built during this period were shit!!! I remember my Dad's
'74 Chevy Nova all too well! It was a lemon and 1/2.If McD's is forced into unionization, I can foresee similar consequences. Unions
seem to be good on paper, but suck in actual application. Again, I'm a layman, and I don't even supervise any employees, and I'm not in the fast food industry.
I think a better approach would be to seek the franchise owner's balance sheet,
and push much harder for open communication. Get the entire crew together, and
try to seek the best wage the owner can pay, and still remain solvent.
I've never been to Europe, and never out of the States (except south of the
El Paso border for 20 minutes), so I haven't seen first-hand how conditions
are over there. But if there are severe problems, you guys need to get together
and take it up directly with your bosses, instead of involving the courts, and
other Government shit. If the rap sessions aren't working, make them work.
Say your piece together, not individually. Who's gonna take care of the customers if all of you are shit-canned? The managers may be assholes, but they're not stupid!
But again before I go, even a common person like me knows that the fast food
industry ain't no place to pursue for a permanent career. You guys seem to be
good with the computer. Maybe something in data processing would be better
suited to you (and more rewarding). For what it's worth, that's my 2 cents.
