S888Wheel wrote:

They don't pay union wages, do they. And they only sell packaged
goods, which require less labor to display. No meat to cut, no produce
to uncrate and place in neat piles.

I forgot to mention - it's all family owned, like In and Out Burger.
Both companies treat their employees well, pay the highest non-union
wages in the area, and generally run a fine, ethical business.

No shareholders, no board of directors, no earnings nonsense.

Unions really are only required when the management is unwilling
to run an ethical business, afterall.

In and Out is a good comparison. They pay $8-$9 an hour for the
exact same job that the other burger chains want you to do, yet
make enough money to expand roughly one new store every 2-3 weeks.
Oh - they charge less for a burger as well. Healthcare as well for
full-tiem employees(unheard of in fast food).

Compare that to McDonalds - minimum wage, pay increases every 6 months
of 25 cents(half what In and Out does every 3 months), a million rules,
more expensive food...

And they are closing locations in the U.S. Loosing money because they
are profit and shareholder driven. I'm amazed that they don't have a
union. The poor slobs working there certainly need one.