You say that knowing nothing about their profit margins and overhead at all. On Jan 8, 2013 1:17 PM, "Eric Roberts" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > At least they can be honest and blame greed. Time to boycott wendys... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry Barnes [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 12:01 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Moving towards paying our fair share > > > Damn. This paying your fair share is going to be brutal on the service > industry and unskilled workers: > > Fast-Food Worker Hours Cut, New Health Care Law Blamed ( > > http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/Fast-Food-Worker-Hours-Cut---185827392.ht > ml > ) > > A fast-food chain is slashing employee hours so franchise owners don't have > to pay health benefits. Around 100 local Wendy's workers have learned their > hours are being cut. A spokesperson says a new health care law is to blame. > > The company has announced that all non-management positions will have their > hours reduced to 28 a week. Gary Burdette, Vice President of Operations for > the local franchise, says the cuts are coming because the new Affordable > Health Care Act requires employers to offer health insurance to employees > working 32-38 hours a week. Under the current law they are not considered > full time and that as a small business owner, he can't afford to stay in > operation and pay for everyone's health insurance. > > Burdette says the decision affects around 100 employees. It was a tough one > and he understands why people are upset, but the hour reduction is > effective > in two weeks for all non-management. Management employees will continue to > have benefits as they are officially full time. > > Of course, the ultimate smack on the poor souls: The are required to have > health insurance. With their reduced hours, the smaller amount of take > home > pay will have to pay for insurance, whose premiums are steadily moving up. > > J > > - > > My commitment is to make sure that we've got universal healthcare for all > Americans by the end of my first term as president. I would hope that we > could set up a system that allows those who can't go through their employer > to access a federal system or a state pool of some sort. But I don't think > we're going to be able to eliminate employer coverage immediately. There's > going to be potentially some transition process. I can envision a decade > out, or 15 years out, or 20 years out. - Barack Obama > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:359774 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
