McDonald’s Workers in Denmark Pity Us – The «Socialist» Country

[…] If you work full time you should be able to support your family. […] […] Denmark has no national minimum wage […] One reason is Denmark’s strong unions […] Yet there’s another, more important reason for high wages in Denmark. “Workers are more productive” […] “They have had access to more and higher-quality human capital investment opportunities starting at birth.”[…] Danes haven’t built a “socialist” country. Just one that works. nytimes.com Opinion | McDonald’s Workers in Denmark Pity Us

McDonald’s Como Centros Sociales

Sorpresa! Los McDonald’s se han convertido en centros comunitarios de facto, y en refugio de personas sin recursos. […] When many lower-income Americans are feeling isolated by the deadening uniformity of things, by the emptiness of many jobs, by the media, they still yearn for physical social networks. They are not doing this by going to government-run community service centers. They are not always doing this by utilizing the endless array of well-intentioned not-for-profit outreach programs. They are doing this on their own, organically across the country, in McDonald’s. […]   McDonald’s: you can sneer, but it’s the glue that holds communities together When many lower-income Americans feel isolated and empty, they yearn for physical social networks. All across US, this happens organically at McDonald’s theguardian.com|De Chris Arnade Guardar