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[–] underisk@hexbear.net 30 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"Independent advocacy group of McDonald's owners" independent from what? The businesses they own are literally dependent on McDonalds.

[–] OgdenTO@hexbear.net 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What was the calculation, that if they increased every employees' pay by $10/hour that would be completely balanced out by a raise on the big Mac price by 5 cents or something?

[–] VILenin@hexbear.net 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It could be more than balanced out by turning executives into unpaid interns

[–] nohaybanda@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

Or into vegan burgers

[–] FnordPrefect@hexbear.net 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

porky-scared B-b-but at those wages we'll have to raise our prices to unsustainable levels!

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porky-happy to maintain our $13 billion in profit last year

[–] Rojo27@hexbear.net 21 points 2 years ago

Look at this guy trying to maintain profits rather than grow them infinitelycapitalist-laugh

[–] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 22 points 2 years ago

Tell ya what McD's, let's do it anyway and if it turns out to actually be devastating, I owe you a coke.

[–] DeathWearsANecktie@lemm.ee 20 points 2 years ago

Massive corporation loses money. So sad 😢😢😢

[–] Ho_Chi_Chungus@hexbear.net 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

no-workers rate of profit declining????

[–] raven@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not even, the franchise just posted record profits.

[–] Ho_Chi_Chungus@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago

deeper-sadness rate of profit not declining

[–] bigboopballs@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

what is that face from?

[–] TheLepidopterists@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago

As a former McDonald's grill-burnee/customer punching bag/nickel a year raise receiver/fry cook let me say, I'm very hopeful that they're right

[–] Finger@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago

no more half measures walter

[–] heiferlips@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago

bless their hearts

[–] bigboopballs@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago

oh no not a financial blow to a $200,000,000,000 company. won't someone think of the hundred-billionaires!?

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

devastating

It will be maybe a 2% dip in profits, which is devastating to number-must-always-go-up-and-go-up-faster death drive of capitalism. porky-scared