Tapsearch Com EditorThe state of our economy
April 29th 2011 22:33
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The state of our economy is exemplified by millions applying for work at McDonalds and other places like Walmart. Only a few make the cut.
McDonalds hiring event has more than a million people applying for work
This is the state of our economy in the U.S.A
- Ethics Box ... American workers at places like Wal-Mart, McDonalds, Burger King etc need government assistance to survive. The number of Americans using food stamps is breaking breaking records ... I wonder how many workers at McDonalds get food stamps to survive.
The working poor and underclass in the global economic arena
McDonalds announced they were looking for 50,000 workers. More than a million applied for the jobs. The term job now has many meanings and U.S. unemployment reporting avoids defining the term. The term underemployed also has lost much of its meaning and the term seems to be fading away.
McDonalds hired more than expected. They hired 62,000 workers. No one seems to know how the terms of these jobs and how many are just temporary or part-time. McDonalds is one of the major company like Wal-Mart where many workers need government assistence to surive. See Shopping our way out of our jobs
Only about 38 percent of all workers in the U.S. qualify for unemployment insurance. Most likely the percentage is much lower at places like McDonalds and Walmart. These stats are seldom mentioned when the call goes out for new workers. Many workers at places like McDonald never make enough money or have the job long enough to qualify for unemployment and health care. These workers usually are part of a massive number of workers who are in limbo when it comes to who they are in the job market .
In Cleveland Ohio, thousands stood in line to get a job at McDonalds. There was trouble. One person even backed their car into the line being irritated and frustrated.
For many years, these jobs were described as entry level jobs where teenagers could get some work experience before seeking other jobs. Today, you see many older workers with apparently a lonf history of work but no longer can find a job to fit their work experience.
I worked in several factories while going to college and made the equivalent of $15 to $20 per hour back then. If these jobs were available, just imagine how many people would apply and how long the lines would be. There would be many more than the thousand that stood in line seeking work at McDonalds.
Many standing in the line would be college graduates and not like me who used the factory jobs to get a college education.
Today, we now have latch key children raising themselves while their parents jump from one part time job to another with many having more than one or two jobs at the same time.
Not much is reported in the news about these serious problems. Instead the hype centers around McDonalds creating new jobs.
In our newspaper today, however, a reporter tells about the lack of food stores in many neighborhoods with children living on fast foods when they got the money or cereal when they don't. This is the state of our economy in the U.S.A. Big money gets subsidies to produce more and more corn and soy bean food products while the working poor and the underclass have to stand in line to fit the situation as it is today in America. I wonder how many workers at McDonalds live on food stamps even though they are working in the food industry.
Search under tapsearcher workers or Ray Tapajna workers for thousands of more resources and references on this subject
This is the state of our economy in the U.S.A
- Ethics Box ... American workers at places like Wal-Mart, McDonalds, Burger King etc need government assistance to survive. The number of Americans using food stamps is breaking breaking records ... I wonder how many workers at McDonalds get food stamps to survive.
The working poor and underclass in the global economic arena
McDonalds announced they were looking for 50,000 workers. More than a million applied for the jobs. The term job now has many meanings and U.S. unemployment reporting avoids defining the term. The term underemployed also has lost much of its meaning and the term seems to be fading away.
McDonalds hired more than expected. They hired 62,000 workers. No one seems to know how the terms of these jobs and how many are just temporary or part-time. McDonalds is one of the major company like Wal-Mart where many workers need government assistence to surive. See Shopping our way out of our jobs
Only about 38 percent of all workers in the U.S. qualify for unemployment insurance. Most likely the percentage is much lower at places like McDonalds and Walmart. These stats are seldom mentioned when the call goes out for new workers. Many workers at places like McDonald never make enough money or have the job long enough to qualify for unemployment and health care. These workers usually are part of a massive number of workers who are in limbo when it comes to who they are in the job market .
In Cleveland Ohio, thousands stood in line to get a job at McDonalds. There was trouble. One person even backed their car into the line being irritated and frustrated.
For many years, these jobs were described as entry level jobs where teenagers could get some work experience before seeking other jobs. Today, you see many older workers with apparently a lonf history of work but no longer can find a job to fit their work experience.
I worked in several factories while going to college and made the equivalent of $15 to $20 per hour back then. If these jobs were available, just imagine how many people would apply and how long the lines would be. There would be many more than the thousand that stood in line seeking work at McDonalds.
Many standing in the line would be college graduates and not like me who used the factory jobs to get a college education.
Today, we now have latch key children raising themselves while their parents jump from one part time job to another with many having more than one or two jobs at the same time.
Not much is reported in the news about these serious problems. Instead the hype centers around McDonalds creating new jobs.
In our newspaper today, however, a reporter tells about the lack of food stores in many neighborhoods with children living on fast foods when they got the money or cereal when they don't. This is the state of our economy in the U.S.A. Big money gets subsidies to produce more and more corn and soy bean food products while the working poor and the underclass have to stand in line to fit the situation as it is today in America. I wonder how many workers at McDonalds live on food stamps even though they are working in the food industry.
Search under tapsearcher workers or Ray Tapajna workers for thousands of more resources and references on this subject
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