McDonalds Strike

I do not think so they ask for too much. Minimum wage should be more. If u calculate the cost of living in some places the rent is not affordable for people on minimum wages....and there should be a cap on rent prices and min. wage should rise, so it would cover childcare too.

Not to undermine the work they do, but £15 an hour does seem like a lot.

Assuming the workers do a 35 hour week at £15 an hour, that works out at just over £27,000 a year.

Now consider that the average Nurses wage is around £24,000, and I'm fairly sure they work a lot more than 35 hour weeks.

Not sure which part of the country this is( maybe London), but vast majority of workers in retail in my area earn nowhere near £15 per hour. seems a ridiculous ask to me.

If they were to pay that , prices in store would need to rise which would probably lead to less customers and cut backs being made. I am all for staff be paid a fair wage but £15 per hour come on.

If they want to earn £15 per hour, more than many other folk who have studied and got qualifications, then they too should study to do better or go get a higher paid job if they have the brain power. Most of them are children anyway and probably live at home.

Why do they feel they are worth £500+ per week? I have never earned that my whole working life yet still live to an acceptable standard with car and mortgage. Difference is I don't drink or smoke, go clubbing every weekend and buy designer labels. Maybe McDonald's should offer them classes in money management.

Hope they dont strike I love McDonalds but do understand why they would strike

If they win I am definitely giving up my job and working there, I work 45 hours a week and my hourly wage is nowhere near that and I'm a manager

When I worked on supply as a secondary teacher I used to get £16.50 an hour. My job involved a 7 lesson day, with 30 kids in each class, not knowing what subject I would be teaching until that morning or what topic until I walked into the room. I had to write reports, do referrals for behaviour, meetings with heads of departments and guidance teachers.

I think that if they live in a city like London with ridiculously high rents etc then maybe £15 an hour is needed to live on due to the costs.

They are asking for too much. Other professions with more qualifications get less

I've never made this and I was a secretary for local gov/nhs for 17 years! If they get it, I'll go do some shifts there. Would you like fries with that, Sir? I can do that.