Shock: Kansas City Restaurant Workers Demand 25 Bucks An Hour

Ahead of campaign season we're getting a peek at the "affordability debate" develop in real time here in Kansas City. 

Hidden in their dox and pushed out of their headlines . . .

KANSAS CITY RESTAURANT WORKER UNION ORGANIZERS DEMAND 25 SMACKEROOS PER HOUR!!!

That's quite a bit of cheddar but not much over what locals have determined would be a "livable wage" for this cowtown. 

Here are the basics . . .  

"Restaurant workers in Kansas City are gathering signatures on a new workers' bill of rights, calling for higher pay, job security and paid time off. It's part of a larger unionizing effort led by the Missouri Workers Center."

Here is their main demand . . .  

"A guaranteed minimum wage of $25 per hour, including during training periods, with tipped workers made whole if total earnings fall below that amount."

A bit more about the effort . . . 

We, the cafe, bar, and restaurant workers of Missouri, believe that all food service workers deserve fair and respectful treatment from the businesses that employ us. For too long, corporations, lobbyists, and politicians have dictated the terms of our work. These forces do not represent working people.

We demand better: fair pay, paid health care, union rights, and workplaces built on dignity and due process. We drafted this Food Service Workers Bill of Rights to:

Consolidate the standards already being advanced through worker organizing and union campaigns;

Imagine fair and sustainable conditions for all service workers; and

Unite workers across Missouri and beyond to win these rights through collective action.

We affirm the spirit of this Bill of Rights and invite all Missourians—workers and community members alike—to stand with us. Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

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