THE ISSUE: “Poultry farmers in Lancaster County and across the state are on high alert after a deadly strain of bird flu recently was discovered in wild and commercial flocks
Poultry farmers in Lancaster County and across the state are on high alert after a deadly strain of bird flu recently was discovered in wild and commercial flocks in the
The battle for the future of the federal workforce February 23 Members of Congress are fundamentally divided on how best to improve the federal civil service. (bowie15/Getty Images) Both Democrats and Republicans agree that the federal government’s workforce management practices as they currently stand aren’t good enough to meet the needs of the American people. But as demonstrated at a Feb. 23 House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing, they have radically different ideas of how to fix things. Those two stances are well-exemplified in the policies advocated for by the most recent presidents from each party. During his four years in office, President Donald Trump placed his focus on making it easier to get rid of poor-performing federal employees and restructuring pay to better match private sector competition and performance metrics.
mcdonald s had this $15 an hour fast food wage, they d have to raise prices by 25%. that doesn t just hurt their customers. when their customers stop buying as much, they ll have to lay off workers. a 25% price hike is going to meet a lot fewer jobs. that s going to lead these workers into an even worse situation. when i look at the profit margins at mcdonald s and the fact that the prices are already so incredibly low and profit margins at this company and many companies in america are record highs, i m not that worried about labor taking a little more share of the pie. we could discuss this forever. thanks for the debate. rana foroohar, james shirk, i ll be right back. i m m-a-r-y and i have copd.
if workers unionized. i think unionization has been very contentious for the past several decades. we now have a bifurcated economy, plenty of jobs at the high end and the low end and not much in the middle. this is not a problem that s going away. if you ve got a couple of kids, it s impossible to make it n $20,000 a year. i think we ll see these protests grow. james, if unionization isn t the answer and protests aren t the answer, what is the answer for these families, just to suck it up? most fast food workers leave and take another job within eight months. no, that s not true actually. that s not true. 150% turnover. no, no, no. these are workers who have families to support at home, who are not summertime workers, who are not temporary workers. these are people who are making these kinds of jobs a career because, let s face it, the economy ain t so great right now to find a good job if you don t have a college education. even if you do have a college