Gothamist: Delivery Workers Protest Republic's Wages

robingee

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:04:43 -0500

>>>"If you don't like it, why don't you just get another job? It's a free country people.">>>> It's so easy! Just get another job! >>"I think the same Europeans that immigrated to the US were under a bit more "desperate state" than these people that are coming here to "better themselves".">> Oh, phew. I'm glad you know all of them personally, and their situations. We can sleep at night now. When exactly did immigrants go from being noble to being freeloaders? Is there an exact moment? A time frame? A particular region of the world?

Bottomless Chips

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:03:30 -0500

trickle down economics doesnt fly anymore babyhitler. In fact if all restaurants do the right thing and all people will have more income and afford the slightly costier noodle soups. I love how liberals use "trickle down economics" whenever basic economic concepts are presented. I'm sorry---but you're riding a bike. It's a skill most people could do by the age of 7. It's not heartless; it's the truth. Fire all of them, and a new crop of people will be ready to go because it's such a basic skill. I tip well, btw.

Scout1

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:05:07 -0500

It is amazing that we are still expected to subsidize a restaurant's payroll by paying its employees for them.

JacqueMehoff

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:40:17 -0500

and support their Opium habit. right?

NannyState

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:07:31 -0500

You can't pay them a decent wage AND pay off their human smugglers. $32,000 is a lot of noodle dishes so chop chop! Get back to wok!

Gothamist_Cynic

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:48:38 -0500

Oh yeah tipping should be done away with.

Gothamist_Cynic

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:48:08 -0500

This is why restaurants should pay real wages instead of relying on the tip system to pay their workers.

Scout1

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:32:26 -0500

If you don't like it, why don't you just get another job? It's a free country people. @9: This comparison completely underscores the point. The Europeans DID learn English. They didn't have a choice. The schools weren't forced to teach their children in their native tongue, their government documents were required to be filled out in (gasp) English! OH MY GOD. Imagine that! The horror! Expecting people to come here and learn the countries language! I think the same Europeans that immigrated to the US were under a bit more "desperate state" than these people that are coming here to "better themselves". They were trying not to be slaughtered. How many of these people are paying taxes? Even if they actually filled taxes (which they don't) they'd probably wind up getting a refund.

felixthecat

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:55:24 -0500

trickle down economics doesnt fly anymore babyhitler. In fact if all restaurants do the right thing and all people will have more income and afford the slightly costier noodle soups.

hungryghoast

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:14:35 -0500

ides, we allow protest like this so we don't wind up like China. that's the point.

Kojak

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:59:15 -0500

I protest their hard ass seats and their menu is lacking.

sinisterteashop

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:38:28 -0500

Bingo, #11, and if the owners are paying their employees starvation wages you can imagine the kind of "bargain" chicken and beef they're serving.

JacqueMehoff

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:37:59 -0500

but we'll gladly pay $5 for pizza.

babyhitler

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:21:23 -0500

#10 - yeah it's good til you are paying 15 bucks for a cup of noodles and then you decide not to order there anymore and then they are fired cause no one is buying noodles. Then you'll buy noodles from someplace cheaper, somewhere where they pay cheap wages to their workers all the while thinking that you are a progressive twat even though almost all your consumer goods, like clothes and electronics and anything not made in the usa is made by children in sweatshops getting paid rice bowls.

ides_of_march

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:17:35 -0500

Nobody is stopping them from returning to that socialist workers'paradise know as China.

JacqueMehoff

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:11:58 -0500

I wouldn't mess with anyone who has access to what you're going to eat. that's easy to understand in any language.

fakenewyorker

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:03:51 -0500

good for the deliverymen. they're entitled to fight for higher wages and not take it like bitches. hey chattering classes, go fuck yourselves.

rasputinsghost

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:58:38 -0500

Some hilariously racist and insensitive people going on here. It's pretty difficult learning a foreign language, one exasperated by the fact that they may not have the leisure time - they very likely did not have the money or resources to learn English before leaving their home nations. Imagine that, leaving your home country in a desperate state in order to make your life better for you and yours. I mean, every single European immigrant that came over here learned English magically and whatever abuse they endured is clearly THEIR fault, no? But fuck these subhuman mongrels, right? They don't speak English, and so therefore do not deserve our respect or empathy. Fuck you.

Brado

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:34:29 -0500

Just look at those signs. Perhaps if they learned to communicate in English they would have known what they were getting into and not even be in this mess in the first place.

whitecastlerock

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:24:45 -0500

Why did they wait 10 years to protest? Why the hell would you continue to work 60 hours a week for $2 an hour?

JacqueMehoff

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:22:08 -0500

Thankfully Pb is still cheap and available. even with the new pres. elect.

felixthecat

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:16:49 -0500

I pass by and saw the protestors. I support them since I viewed the people inside laughting at the protest

babyhitler

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:00:02 -0500

yes. if they pay the workers a fair wage then republic will have no choice but to charge 50 bucks for noodles! the reason things are cheap are cause dumbass chinese people take low wages and then finally decide to grow a pair years down the road.

valeriob

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:58:11 -0500

Waaaah! Wwaaaah! Those are the wages in restaurants. Tips generously bring their take-home well above minimum wage. This is not extortion genius. This is common practice among restaurant owners in NYC. Do down to the South St. Seaport where servers' checks are for 0.00 Zero dollars (no joke) due to 'fees' and taxes. Let them eat Noodles!

WesleySnipesAlot

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:49:10 -0500

Grasping at straws there, buddy. Try building a complex argument free of parroted political zingers, perhaps? As for the conditions these workers have endured: I recently read a history of the labor movement in the 19th c., and I was shocked to find out how workers were treated back then... interesting to see that the same practices of abuse and extortion are in use today.

ides_of_march

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:41:28 -0500

Damn republicans. Why don't they just wait a few more weeks? Once Obama takes office it will be equality, justice and groovy times for everyone.