Radical Fast Food Joint Doubles Down on High Wages~$15 per hour!/In Michigan..

[Cha]

Last edited Thu May 1, 2014, 08:07 PM - Edit history (1)

Business 09.09.13~Blast from the Past..

"So you thought $12 an hour for a burger place was revolutionary? Try $15. Daniel Gross talks to the owners of Detroit’s Moo Cluck Moo as they supersize starting wages."





In August, I spoke with the owners of Moo Cluck Moo, a Detroit-area burger and chicken fast-food joint that is aiming to do something revolutionary: pay far more than the minimum wage. In an industry that treats labor as a commodity, co-owners Brian Parker and Harry Moorhouse decided to turn the conventional wisdom on its head. They’d start workers at $12 an hour, and design their business so that it could run profitably at those wages. Rather than take advantage of the epic slack in the Detroit-area labor market, they’d aim to set a slightly higher standard

In exchange for paying higher wages, Moo Cluck Moo’s owners got better service, more skilled and committed employees, and a lot of free publicity. After our article, Moo Cluck Moo was featured on outlets like Huffington Post and MSNBC. Meanwhile, executives at other chains were crouched in a defensive pose as workers walked out over low wages.

"..Why $15? “We always wanted to be at $15 an hour,” said Parker. “It just feels human to do it.”

Much More ON.. MooCluckMoo

It Can Be Done!.. Meanwhile in the Present Day..

#1010Means: Raising The Minimum Wage


President Barack Obama speaks about minimum wage at the White House. Senate Republicans on Wednesday, blocked a bill to raise the federal minimum wage for the first time in five years


President Barack Obama shakes hands with Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., during an event on increasing the minimum wage

TOD

Yes, the Senate Republicans Block Minimum Wage Bil

"A proposal to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 died in the Senate on Wednesday, when Democrats failed to gather the 60 votes required to bring it to a clean vote. The only Republican to vote in favor of ending debate and holding a vote was Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., initially voted to move the bill forward, but switched his vote to “no” as part of a parliamentary maneuver which will allow him to bring the legislation back to the floor at a later date. Even if the proposed minimum wage hike cleared the Senate, there it was little chance it would ever receive a hearing in the Republican-controlled House. Yet recent polling shows growing popular support for raising the minimum wage, making Wednesday’s vote into a political win for the Democrats."

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/senate-republicans-block-minimum-wage-bill

GOTV2014

[Cha]

1. Kicking for those who have no comments..

[Cha]

2. K

[Cha]

3. K

[ucrdem]

4. Yes we can!

Kick for a decent minimum wage! with fries!

[Cha]

5. By all means.. with meaningful fries!

These Dearborn Mich fast food owners have it goin' On!

mahalo ucr~

[ucrdem]

6. This could be a very tasty item

on the November GOTV menu!

[Cha]

8. Brilliant idea!

[Recursion]

7. The more case studies that can show it makes business sense, the better

Glad to hear this...

[Cha]

9. It's incredible in this day and age of greed to find such

business owners wanting to pay a thrivable wage!

[betsuni]

10. I just saw

a story on PBS Newshour about minimum wage. They went to Seattle and talked to three progressive restaurant owners who all were against the higher minimum wage because they thought they'd have to charge customers more and people wouldn't go out to eat. But all of them paid their employees higher-than-national minimum wages already and they didn't mention any problems. I didn't understand, it was like chunks of information were left out to make it more negative. They asked some customers who were buying burgers at Dick's and all but one said that they'd have no problem paying more. It was strange. Thank you so much for this story!

[Cha]

13. You're welcome, betsuni.. Moo Cluck Moo is not the only food place in Michigan

that pays thrivable wages..



http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024456944

[betsuni]

16. Thanks!

I know Zingerman's from a mouth-watering description in Jim Harrison's "The Raw and the Cooked."

[Cha]

17. Cool! Funny how these two places are in Michigan where the

gop is trying to take over the whole state.

[NYC_SKP]

11. Recommended. (nt)

[Cha]

14. Hey SKP.. mahalo!

[AverageJoe90]

12. It's a no-brainer: Paying a decent wage works! Thanks Cha.

[Cha]

15. Not to the greedy.. it's

too confusing

Thank you, Joe~

[hopemountain]

18. san diego is trying to get

a 13.50/hr wage on the ballot - but the local leaders don't want to wait. they want to see if there is a way they can just make it an an ordinance tout suite

thanks, cha…

[Cha]

19. that is so Cool, hopemountain! I use to live in San Diego..

my daughter was born there.

[Bigredhunk]

20. Nice

[Cha]

21. Thank you, Bigredhunk!

[Cha]

22. ..

[B Calm]

23. K&R

[Cha]

26. Thank you, B Calm

[Democracyinkind]

24. Thanks for this, Cha.

It just proves what we on DU all know: The working poor are not poor out of economic necessity. Rather, they are victims of deliberate greediness.

[Cha]

27. Thank you, Domocracyinkind!

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25. du rec.

[Whisp]

28. Huge Rec! Thank you, Cha!

[Cha]

30. Thank you, Whisp!

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29. K

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31. kickety!

[Cha]

32. Thank you, Whisp!

[Cha]

33. Kick!

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34. ..

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35. K

[sheshe2]

36. Detroit’s Moo Cluck Moo~ supersize starting wages!

Yes we can!

Cha

Excellent news! Please proceed America, follow by example!

[Cha]

37. Brian Parker looks and sounds like a good guy to work for, she!

How are you doing?

[sheshe2]

38. Better everyday, thank you.

At least it wasn't this bad~

Thanks Cha~

[Cha]

39. lol.. yeah

it coulda been worse! That's my mantra lately.

[sheshe2]

40. I can work with that~