Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site mnetor.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsri!utcs!mnetor!sophie From: sophie@mnetor.UUCP Newsgroups: net.women,can.politics Subject: Re: Re: opportunities, women Message-ID: <1408@mnetor.UUCP> Date: Fri, 19-Jul-85 15:02:16 EDT Article-I.D.: mnetor.1408 Posted: Fri Jul 19 15:02:16 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 19-Jul-85 16:22:53 EDT References: <893@mnetor.UUCP> <5642@utzoo.UUCP> <896@mnetor.UUCP> <5788@utzoo.UUCP>, <2204@watcgl.UUCP> <5801@utzoo.UUCP> Organization: Computer X (CANADA) Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada Lines: 15 > Except that the garbagemen have a union, and > hence get paid several times what the poor McDonalds' counter slaves get. > Surely this is unjust. > -- > Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology Another reason why McDonald slaves get paid so little is that most of them are too young to receive minimum wages (what an understatement! McDoonad's fortune is based on the exploitation of child labor). One would hope that EPFWEQ would contain provisions to end discrimination based on age. McDonald and gang are certainly rich enough to be able to pay decent wages or at least minimum wages. -- Sophie Quigley {allegra|decvax|ihnp4|linus|watmath}!utzoo!mnetor!sophie