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Workers at McDonald’s, Burger King, and Other Fast Food Chains Go on Strike; ask for an increase in the minimum wage | The State

Workers at McDonald’s, Burger King, and Other Fast Food Chains Go on Strike; ask for an increase in the minimum wage | The State
Workers at McDonald’s, Burger King, and Other Fast Food Chains Go on Strike; ask for an increase in the minimum wage | The State

Fast food employees demand a national minimum wage of at least $ 15 an hour.

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About 1,000 workers from 15 cities in Fast-food restaurants in United States They went on strike Friday due to the lows wages they receive. The protests were organized before the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday and in the hope of convincing the new government to Joe biden to prioritize increasing federal minimum wage.

The demonstrations were held in cities such as Atlanta, Chicago, St. Louis, Detroit, Sacrament, Tampa, Houston and The Angels. They were organized by Fight for $ 15, a union that has lobbied to increase the federal minimum wage of $ 7.25 per hour to $ 15 and grant collective bargaining rights to fast food employees, most of whom are african american, in addition to seeking the right to unionize without suffering reprisals from employers.

“Raising the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour is one of the most powerful tools for lifting up black and brown workers,” Allynn Umel, director of the Fight for $ 15 organization, said in an interview with CNN.

Protesters work at many of the country’s most popular networks such as McDonald’s, Taco Bell, Wendy’s and Burger King. During the pandemic a large number of employers they reduced their hours in March when the closures caused many food chains to lose their businesses. For most, earning an average of $ 10 an hour is impossible to pay the bills. Workers have requested that employers guarantee higher profits as health insurance and paid sick leave.

The movement to raise the minimum wage reached a milestone in 2020 when the pandemic forced many Americans to review the situation faced by workers. Fast food employees make up a large portion of the essential workers who have continued to work while many Americans do so from home.

Related: What are the states that will increase the minimum wage as of January 1, 2021?

The result has caused 20 states in the country they agreed to increase the minimum wage. For now the president-elect Joe biden is advocating for raising the federal minimum wage to $ 15 per hour as part of your stimulus project of $ 1.9 trillion.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 20% of the more than 3.9 million fast food workers in the United States are African-American, although this group only represents the 13% of the country’s population, according to the Census Bureau.

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What if the minimum wage is increased to $ 15 an hour as suggested by Joe Biden’s stimulus bill? | The State

What if the minimum wage is increased to $ 15 an hour as suggested by Joe Biden’s stimulus bill? | The State
What if the minimum wage is increased to $ 15 an hour as suggested by Joe Biden’s stimulus bill? | The State

The current federal minimum wage is $ 7.25 per hour.

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The president-elect Joe biden announced a $ 1.9 trillion stimulus bill for people and the economy to recover from the pandemic of COVID-19. The project includes a $ 1,400 stimulus check for a large number of workers, $ 400 dollars in unemployment benefits, tax credits for families, support for education, increased resources for vaccines and an increase in the minimum wage at least $ 15 dollars an hour.

“No one who works 40 hours a week should live below the poverty line,” Biden said, addressing the nation during a message Thursday. “That’s what it means, if you work for less than $ 15 an hour and work 40 hours a week, you are living in poverty,” the president-elect said.

What would happen to a minimum wage of $ 15 an hour?

The current federal minimum wage is $ 7.25 per hour and it increased for the last time in 2009. During the beginning of the year several states modified the minimum wage by a few cents and in others it exceeded an additional dollar to adjust the cost of living. (You can learn more in the table we created).

“People tell me that it will be difficult to pass, Florida has just modified it, as divided as the state is, they just passed it,” Biden said in his message. “The rest of the country is ready to modify it.”

During his message, the president-elect continued to address the growing income inequality that increased the pandemic, separating the immense fortunes that the pandemic caused in companies listed on Wall Street from the “real economy”, in which people depend on their “ paychecks, not investment checks ”to feed their families.

Related: What are the states that will increase the minimum wage as of January 1, 2021?

Workers who receive the minimum salary they are generally young people and work in the service sector such as restaurants and hotels that have been affected during the closures due to the pandemic.

According to a 2019 report from the Congressional Budget Office, raising the minimum wage to $ 15 would boost the income of about $ 17 million people, lifting 1.3 million Americans out of poverty. The same report notes that other 1.3 million Americans they would lose their jobs because employers would find them too expensive to hire.

For its part, a 2019 Pew Research Center survey found that two-thirds of Americans support raising the minimum wage at $ 15 per hour.

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More than 70% of women were unable to get paid leave during school closings

More than 70% of women were unable to get paid leave during school closings
More than 70% of women were unable to get paid leave during school closings

Employers do not want to enter the position of mothers

Under the Job Retention Scheme, employees can get furlough when caring for a high-risk person or child during school closures. Most often women do this, but employers do not want to enter their position, writes The Guardian.

The British trade union center TUC found that 71% of women who applied for leave were refused by their employer.

One of the mothers even quoted the rules of the Retention Scheme to her boss, but he offered to take the weekend off at his own expense. Another woman had to do all the work at night – after putting the children to bed. “I finish work at one in the morning, and at five in the morning my youngest child wakes up. I won’t last long with such a schedule “– said the woman.

TUC employees interviewed parents of both sexes: 3.1 thousand women and only 167 men decided to take on the responsibility of caring for the child.

According to TUC Secretary General Francis O’Grady, the current situation can neutralize all the success of society in achieving gender equality. At the same time, 75% of fathers were refused by the employer.

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Messi’s Barcelona salary “unsustainable” as potential club chief plots new plan

Messi’s Barcelona salary “unsustainable” as potential club chief plots new plan
Messi’s Barcelona salary “unsustainable” as potential club chief plots new plan

Lionel Messi’s Barcelona salary is “unsustainable” according to presidential candidate Emili Rousaud who hopes he will remain at the club when presented with a “project”.

The forward’s future remains in doubt after he failed to secure a Nou Camp exit last summer.

Barcelona could face the same problem in six months time but before that will hold presidential elections.

That could have a huge bearing on Messi’s future as the club seek solutions regarding the Argentine.

Rousaud has conceded that the 33-year-old’s mammoth salary cannot continue to be paid with Barcelona’s financial problems well documented.

Lionel Messi’s salary has been called “unsustainable”

Despite that he believes Messi can be persuaded to stay should he believe in the vision of the club.

“He did not want to leave the club for economic reasons. It was down to the lack of a sports project,” Rousaud told Sport .

“I will look him in the eyes and say: ‘Your salary is unsustainable, the club cannot pay you. But we are going to launch a project to surround you with young talent.'”

Erling Haaland is perhaps the most sought after young talent in football.

The Borussia Dortmund forward is tipped for big things and Rousaud wants to have him at Barcelona.

Barcelona are eyeing a move for Erling Haaland

Contact has been made with the player’s agent Mino Raiola with the potential Barcelona chief believing that a deflated transfer market could work in their favour.

“The market prices in which the players move now are not those of two years ago,” he added.

“In addition, Barca has something very important: a shirt that has a lot of weight in the world. But of course, we will not stretch the arm more than the sleeve.

“My advisor Josep Maria Minguella has spoken with [Haaland’s agent] Mino Raiola to find out the conditions in which he would come and we have started talking.

“For a player like him, being in a club like ours would give him a great showcase worldwide.”

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Every Arsenal player’s salary and where Arteta could free up transfer funds

Every Arsenal player’s salary and where Arteta could free up transfer funds
Every Arsenal player’s salary and where Arteta could free up transfer funds

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has admitted that the club’s priority in the January transfer window will be outgoings, with the Gunners’ squad so bloated that a number of senior players did not make their Premier League squad.

Speaking at his pre-match press conference ahead of Arsenal’s game against West Brom, Arteta said: “Well, we have a large squad. We knew that.

“A lot of things that should have happened in the summer we could not accomplish them for different reasons. There are a lot of players that are going to go on loan.

“They are going to leave. And that’s the priority at the moment because we cannot sustain the numbers that we have in certain positions.

Mikel Arteta has revealed that Arsenal are looking to offload players in January

Here, with the help of Spotrac, we’ve had a look at the highest earners at Arsenal to see who they may look to ship out in January.

Mesut Ozil and Sokratis Papastathopoulos are obvious candidates to leave, given they were left out of the Gunners’ Premier League squad at the start of the season and are high earners, with Ozil on £350,000-a-week and Sokratis on £92,000-a-week.

However, that is easier said than done, with their wages pricing a number of potential suitors out of a move.

Mesut Ozil has been frozen out by Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta this season
Mesut Ozil has been frozen out by Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta this season, despite being the club’s top earner

Sead Kolasinac, said to be earning £100,000-a-week, has returned to Schalke on loan, while Shkodran Mustafi, on £90,000-a-week, has emerged as a shock target for Barcelona and Arsenal would surely be happy to get him off the wage bill.

Cedric Soares, £75,000-a-week, is also failing to provide value for money, with Hector Bellerin and Ainsley Maitland-Niles ahead of him in the pecking order.

The likes of Calum Chambers (£50,000-a-week), William Saliba (£40,000-a-week) and Reiss Nelson (£15,000-a-week) could also be shipped out on loan in a bid to get regular game time.

Sokratis has also been frozen out and Arsenal will be looking to get his £92,000-a-week wages off their bill

Below is the full list of Arsenal Players’ weekly wages.

Mesut Ozil, £350,000

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, £250,000

Thomas Partey, £250,000

Willian, £192,308

Alexandre Lacazette, £182,063

Hector Bellerin, £110,000

David Luiz, £100,962

Sead Kolasinac, £100,000

Bernd Leno, £100,000

Nicolas Pepe, £100,000

Granit Xhaka, £100,000

Sokratis Papastathopoulos, £92,000

Gabriel Martinelli, £90,000

Shkodran Mustafi, £90,000

Pablo Mari, £85,000

Kieran Tierney, £80,769

Cedric is said to be earning £75,000-a-week as Arsenal’s third choice right-back

Cedric Soares, £75,000

Dani Ceballos, £51,923

Calum Chambers, £50,000

Mohamed Elneny, £50,000

Gabriel Magalhaes, £50,000

Eddie Nketiah, £45,000

Runar Alex Runarsson, £40,000

William Saliba, £40,000

Ainsley Maitland-Niles, £35,000

Rob Holding, £25,000

Emile Smith Rowe, £20,000

Joe Willock, £20,000

Reiss Nelson, £15,000

Matt Macey, £10,000

Bukayo Saka, £10,000

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Amazon Mega Salary Days Starts on Jan 1, Offers on TVs, Refrigerators, More

Amazon Mega Salary Days Starts on Jan 1, Offers on TVs, Refrigerators, More
Amazon Mega Salary Days Starts on Jan 1, Offers on TVs, Refrigerators, More


Amazon India has announced ‘Mega Salary Days’ which will begin on January 1 and go on till January 3, 2021. Amazon will offer deals and offers on refrigerators, microwaves, washing machines, TVs, furniture, sports products, home appliances, toys, and more. Products from brands such as Samsung, LG, Whirpool, Godrej, Sony, JBL, and more, will be available on discounted prices and limited offers. Furthermore, customers using Bank of Baroda credit cards and credit card EMIs will get 10 percent instant discount up to Rs 1,250 and up to Rs. 1,500 on EMI transactions.

Announcing the ‘Mega Salary Days’ in a statement, Amazon said that there will be over 200 deals on appliances during the sale, which will start from Friday, January 1, 2021, and go on till Sunday, January 3, 2021.

Here are some of deals and offers during Amazon’s Mega Salary Days.

Laptops, Tablets, Headphones & more

During Amazon’s Mega Salary Days, headphones will be available at up to 50 percent off from brands like Boat, Sony, and JBL. Premium headphones and speakers from Bose, Sony, and Harman Kardon will be available with up to 9 months no cost EMI deals. Sound bars from Boat, JBL, Xiaomi will be available with up to 30 percent off.

Amazon will be offering up to Rs. 30,000 off on laptops and desktops. DSLRs, mirrorless and point shoot cameras will be available starting at Rs. 27,990 with no-cost EMI options. Smartwatches and fitness trackers will be offered at up to 40 percent off prices.

Deals on large appliances

Amazon’s Mega Salary Days will offer up to 40 percent off on large appliances, up to 35 percent off on best-selling washing machines, up to 35 percent off on air conditioners, up to 40 percent off on microwaves, and up to 40 percent off on chimneys. Refrigerators will be available starting Rs. 6,490 during the sale, as per Amazon.

Deals on TVs

Amazon will be offering up to 30 percent off on TVs. 32-inch smart TVs will be available up to 25 percent off, Android TVs and premium TVS up to 30 percent off.

Deals on home improvement and essentials

Amazon’s Mega Salary Days will have kitchen essential offers from brands such as Eureka Forbes, Prestige, and Borosil. Kitchen essentials such as cookware, casseroles, and flasks will be offered at up to 60 percent off. Comforters, blankets, and rugs will start at Rs. 249 during the sale.

Mixer grinders from Philips will be available starting Rs. 1,897, immersion rods and geysers from Havells’ starting Rs. 499, Water purifiers from Eureka Forbes from Rs. 1,429, and room heaters from Bajaj starting at Rs. 829.

Amazon will also offer up to 25 percent off on tissues and rolls, up to 30 percent off on disinfectants and cleaners, and up to 50 percent off on safety products.

Deals on furniture

There will be deals on brands such as Hometown, Coirfit, Sleepwell, Amazon will offer up to 50 percent off on furniture with no cost EMI options and scheduled delivery, and up to 50 percent off on work from home furniture, bedroom, and living room furniture. Amazon will also offer 30 percent off on outdoor furniture. Dining sets will be available starting Rs. 12,000.

Deals on Sports equipment

Amazon will offer up to 50 percent off on fitness equipment during the sale. There will be up to 40 percent off on cycles, 35 percent off on fitness trackers, and up to 50 percent off on yoga mats and accessories.

Hero cycles will be available at up to 40 percent off, Yonex badminton range at up to 60 percent off, and dumbbells and home gym equipment from Kore at up to 50 percent off. Recently launched treadmills and exercise bikes will also be available from Fitkit, and live subscription packages from Cure Fit starting at Rs. 99.

Deals on automotive & BISS

Amazon is offering up to 40 percent off on pressure washers from BOSCH, Black + Decker and more brands. There will be 45 percent off on professional tools during the sale, and up to 40 percent off on deep freezers from brands such as Blue star and Haier.

Deals on Home & Décor

Amazon’s Mega Salary Days will offer up to 50 percent off on home products, home furnishing, home décor, home storage, and organisation products.

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Taapsee Pannu says her entire films can sometimes cost as much as a male star’s salary: ‘Can’t devote a year to a film’

Taapsee Pannu says her entire films can sometimes cost as much as a male star’s salary: ‘Can’t devote a year to a film’
Taapsee Pannu says her entire films can sometimes cost as much as a male star’s salary: ‘Can’t devote a year to a film’


Actor Taapsee Pannu has said that the challenge to get Rashmi Rocket right is greater than anticipated, because the filmmakers do not have the luxury of a large budget.

The actor, who will play a sprinter in the film, said that even though Bhaag Milkha Bhaag exists, the two films can’t be compared because of several reasons.

She told The Times of India in an interview, “You don’t have as much of a budget in female-driven films as you have in male-driven ones. So you can’t rely on VFX, you have to work on your body. Besides, a female cannot invest a full year in a film because she isn’t paid as much as her male counterpart.”

She continued, “Humare film ka budget itna hota hai jitna ek male actor ki ek film ki fee hoti hai (Our films cost as much as a male actor’s fee). And if I decided to invest a year in the prep and shoot of a film, I would be losing out on five films. That just won’t be practical. The kind of stuff that I am now getting is something that I can hardly say ‘no’ to.”

Taapsee, who delivered a critically acclaimed performance earlier this year in Anubhav Sinha’s Thappad, has several films in the pipeline, including Haseen Dillruba, Shabaash Mithu and Looop Lapeta.

Also read: Taapsee Pannu shares transformation journey for Rashmi Rocket, had said no to steroids to get a natural body

Directed by Akarsh Khurana and co-produced by Ronnie Screwvala, Neha Anand, and Pranjal Khandhdiya,Rashmi Rocket will release sometime in 2021.

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Controversy: Legislator Samuel García causes outrage on social networks by pointing out that he knows Mexicans who earn $ 2,500 a month “and are happy” | The State

Controversy: Legislator Samuel García causes outrage on social networks by pointing out that he knows Mexicans who earn $ 2,500 a month “and are happy” | The State
Controversy: Legislator Samuel García causes outrage on social networks by pointing out that he knows Mexicans who earn $ 2,500 a month “and are happy” | The State

Social media users floored Samuel García due to his lack of social sensitivity.

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This Tuesday a video went viral on social networks in which the Mexican senator Samuel Garcia Sepúlveda generated controversy by stating that he has met people who are happy with a “little luck” of up to $ 2,500 per month.

The fragment released is part of an interview conducted by the youtuber Roberto Martínez in 2019 and the controversy occurred after he was asked if politics should be a philanthropic activity to which García Sepúlveda replied that: “And I have met very valuable people who he lives very happy with a little income of $ 40,000 to $ 50,000 pesos (from $ 2,000 to $ 2,500 a month), they have for his family, for his tuition … “.

Social media users flooded the former senator with criticism and memes due to his low social sensitivity and his claims that have nothing to do with the reality faced by millions of Mexican families who survive on less than $ 150 a month.

Samuel Garcia is a candidate for governor of the Citizen Movement party in his native state of Nuevo León, has generated other controversial moments in social networks When during a transmission on Instagram he reproached his wife, the influencer Mariana Rodríguez, for “showing a lot of leg” to which she replied that only her knee was visible. The politician insisted “get on the camera, you are showing a lot of leg” and his wife responded with “sorry.”

In another of the videos, his wife ignored him during a broadcast when she preferred to see his sports shoes rather than answer a question.

The reactions

In addition to the thousands of reactions on social networks, this Tuesday the former Mexican president Felipe Calderon he retweeted the video making the comment: “What world do they live in?”

This Wednesday the president Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) attacked the young politician, commenting in his morning conference saying: “I assure you that these expressions are not made thinking that it is wrong. They do it as if it were a normal thing. It is like the case of the king, who came to demonstrate at his palace and heard the voices and asked his vassals to tell him why that crowd, what did they want … Majesty, is that they are hungry, and the king answers, what is that?.

García responded on his Twitter account to President López Obrador assuring that the video was edited and broadcast by some of his supporters with the clear intention of telling lies.

“What I actually said is the same as you think, that a public official who earns $ 40,000 or $ 50,000 pesos has no need to be corrupt and that I have met many who do their job well with that land and are happy,” said the politician who accused Morena, AMLO’s party, of having disclosed and taken his statement out of context.

Related: Why a restaurant refuses to pay a waitress the $ 2,000 tip she received for Christmas.

On Twitter the hashtag was generated #LordSueldito while users flooded social networks with sarcastic comments about the young Mexican politician’s sayings.

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Starbucks will increase the salary of its workers to $ 15 dollars per hour | The State

Starbucks will increase the salary of its workers to $ 15 dollars per hour | The State
Starbucks will increase the salary of its workers to $ 15 dollars per hour | The State

The company plans for all of its employees to earn $ 15 by 2023.

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Working with minimum wage is not easy, but now things could be better for starbuck workersYes, since the company is planning to raise everyone’s salary to $ 15.

Currently, the current federal minimum wage is set at $ 7.25 per hour, a level it has been at since 2009.

While many states and municipalities have laws guaranteeing higher wages, there is still a lot of resistance from businesses, both small and large, complaining that higher wages would affect their profits.

Fortunately for Starbucks employees, this is not the case for the coffee chain, as its CEO, Kevin Johnson, said that although currently about 30% of its workers already earn $ 15 or more an hour, the company plans for everyone who works for it to earn the same over the next two to three years, as reported in Mashed.

So, if you work for Starbucks (or plan to work at one of its thousands of locations) and you are part of this 70% who earn less than $ 15 an hour, then it is very likely that you will see a salary increase any time between now and 2023 .

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Amazon Wow Salary Days Kicks Off With Up to 30 Percent Off on Laptops, More

Amazon Wow Salary Days Kicks Off With Up to 30 Percent Off on Laptops, More
Amazon Wow Salary Days Kicks Off With Up to 30 Percent Off on Laptops, More


Amazon Wow Salary Days sale has begun, with up to 30 percent off on laptops and tablets and up to 50 percent off on large appliances, TVs, and headphones. The Wow Salary Days sale will go on till December 3. Amazon has partnered with Bank of Baroda to offer 10 percent instant discount of up to Rs. 1,500 on credit cards and credit card EMI purchases. The e-commerce giant has also listed no-cost EMIs and exchange discounts on many products.

On laptops, Amazon is offering no-cost EMI of up to six months. There are laptops from Avita that start from as low as Rs. 17,990. There’s up to 30 percent off on laptops, with brands like HP, Dell, and Microsoft listed with discounts. For instance, Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 13.5-inch model is listed at a discounted price of Rs. 90,990, instead of its original price of Rs. 98,999.

Amazon has listed headphones and earbuds from Jabra, Boat, Sony, JBL, and others with up to 50 percent discount, and soundbars from Boat, JBL, and Mi are listed with up to 30 percent price cut. Amazon is offering no-cost EMI options of up to nine months on premium headphones and speakers from Bose, Sony, and Harman Kardon. Also, Apple AirPods Pro are available at a discounted price of Rs. 20,990 (original price Rs. 24,990), and Samsung Galaxy Buds+ are listed at just Rs. 8,990.

During the Amazon Wow Salary Days, DSLR, mirrorless, and point cameras are listed to start at Rs. 27,990. There is up to 40 percent off on large appliances with refrigerators starting from as low as Rs. 6,490. Washing machines are listed with up to 35 percent discount as well. Android TVs are also listed with up to 30 percent price cuts, and 32-inch TVs are listed with 25 percent discount. All the deals during the Amazon Wow Salary Days are listed here.

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