As Twitchy demonstrated on Friday, plenty of people were waiting for the opportunity to ruin Thanksgiving with hot takes about politics, but most seemed to have run out of material by Black Friday.
It’s a good thing, then, that Winnie Wong, founder of The People for Bernie, was there Friday to keep holiday shoppers warm with her hot take on retail wages and unionization:
Every retail worker deserves $15 and a union. No exceptions. #BlackFriday2017
— Winifred (@WaywardWinifred) November 24, 2017
How to ruin America in 2 easy steps. https://t.co/JXNCtVjsAe
— Ex-GOP Siggmak (@Siggmak) November 25, 2017
What did these people do wrong that they don’t deserve $20 an hour?
You must be secretly selling self-checkout systems. #Brilliant
— chad stenzel (@realchadstenzel) November 25, 2017
How many Black Friday shoppers took advantage of self-checkout systems this year? More than last year, that’s certain.
https://twitter.com/ngjarhead/status/934433499402010625
https://twitter.com/William_Ryann/status/934547155670437889
There would be a helluva lot less retail workers if this were so. Why do you want people to lose their jobs? https://t.co/XSYJisAyoR
— Mr. Miller (@JmeMiller1974) November 25, 2017
Every business will have half the retail workers. No exceptions. https://t.co/rZAA2psK53
— Devin Sena (@DevinSenaUI) November 25, 2017
So uninformed & uneducated
Online shopping is the trend. This thinking will kill off the rest of the brick and mortar stores, further hurting regular people https://t.co/ZtAM4jIxt8— David Biddle (@davidebiddle) November 25, 2017
https://twitter.com/JesseKellyDC/status/934543938773487616
https://twitter.com/TheCalCoconut/status/934513665310523392
One word: Automation… https://t.co/JGMj1K7MYU
— 8 (@8ioh4z4rd) November 25, 2017
https://twitter.com/jamiestorment21/status/934423257050173440
https://twitter.com/unclefacts/status/934547045871964160
https://twitter.com/TheOpulentAmish/status/934530313258012672
https://twitter.com/e30ben/status/934526637722312704
https://twitter.com/DizzyDean79/status/934545077564792832
Anyone who arbitrarily claims certain positions "deserve" a particular wage without addressing the economic factors which interact to allow pricing systems to function, clearly cares only to play politics and manipulate emotions rather than talk facts and face reality. https://t.co/oY9cCmTiY6
— Joe Townsend (@Jtownsend95) November 25, 2017
https://twitter.com/SaucercrabZero/status/934465893681324033
https://twitter.com/BadHombre0/status/934528852201820165
and free healthcare. and a free phone. and subsidized housing. and subsidized heating. and free childcare. and free food coupons. and free internet. gotta work on free clothing. https://t.co/wlGVkrlwJP
— pittsburghdan (@danky1465) November 25, 2017
Here's a wild and crazy idea … if you want to make $15 per hour, learn skills that will make you WORTH $15 per hour. Your value as an employee is determined purely by the skills you have to offer. If anyone off the street can do your job, it will pay little. #NotRocketScience https://t.co/RDyqwcdnki
— Jeff McIrish (@JeffMcIrish) November 25, 2017
Every retail worker deserves whatever wage the market will bear for his or her individual skill set at the time the wage is negotiated with the employer. https://t.co/u8wqKdJwzO
— Beard and Circus (@Shooter_ptpx01) November 25, 2017
No. Every retail worker deserves whatever an employer is willing to pay him in exchange for whatever services he offers. And no one should ever be forced to join or deal with any union. https://t.co/viJXDJhh04
— Ken Gardner (@KenGardner11) November 25, 2017
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Related:
REALLY!? WaPo's 'Black Friday brawl' hot take still SO scorching they're serving it for 3rd straight year https://t.co/NGll1dAkC6
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 25, 2017
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