Case Study: Wafle Now Server

While “generally newly discovered evidence going only to credibility” is not a basis for setting aside a judgment, it may become so when a

The fast-food workers are expressed as a pond in a bigger game. They have to deal with their low pay in order to ensure low prices by these franchises. Jencunas concerns go on to represent the beginning of a bigger chain effect. Briefly, he states that, “The average fast food store would go from profitable to unprofitable overnight. Some would close immediately, leaving their workers worse off than they were when working for $7.50 an hour, while others would raise prices and try and remain in business, hurting consumers” (“Don't Deserve Any More, or Less”). Evaluating his reasoning we see that if fast-food workers ask for a higher minimum wage, they will in return influence the profit margin and actually increase unemployment rate in this industry. The researchers go on to inform us that if their minimum wage increases the industry won’t be able to afford the change in their profit margin and result in bankruptcy. However, Mary Kay Henry, president of the Service Employees International Union, which supports the fast-food strike states a different claim:

In the USA Today article and the article by Baker and Algorta (2016), one can use their differences to decide

Desperate times call for desperate measures, and the peoples support is important is what I have come up with after reading through these documents. I think all three of the authors made valid points and maybe some invalid points, as well.

Anthony’” par 4). Ashton had a great argument and a substantial amount of evidence to

Beside the increase in cost to businesses and customers, other people can potentially be hurt by this policy. By increasing the wage, small businesses will suffer a higher cost that can lead to cutting jobs, stalling new hire or even shutting down. On the other hand, the economic plight of these minimum wage workers should also be considered. Therefore, the $15 plan would produce unpredictable consequences, while not doing anything would doom minimum wage workers to live in in poverty and to consume public resources.

After 1 year a middle eastern restaurant in Texas pays employees $15 an hour. They made major layoffs because they did not have enough money to pay all of their employees $15 an hour. They raised all product prices by 97 cents. 57% of the people that live in the town that the restaurant is located eat at there restaurant. Now after raising minimum wage Now only 44% of the population in there town buy their food all because of raising the prices (http://time.com/3969977/minimum-wage/).

In the first letter "Server Wages Should Be Increased" the author explains how the employees from the resturant "Wafffle Now" should be getting paid the same minimum wage as none- tipped employees. In the second letter "Server Wages Cannot Be Increased" the author metions how hard it will be for the resturant "Waffle Now" has low profit margin, and how "employee pay is the largest expense for most resurants, so it has a huge effect on profits." Both of the letters have valid points explaining their reasoning, but I agree more with letter two "Server Wages Cannot Be Increased."

Dissenting Opinion: (Justice Stone) Concurred with Justice Holmes and Justice Brandeis. In addition, Justice Stone concurs with the merits of Justice Butler.

Many fast food workers and minimum wage employees have been protesting recently, in hopes of increasing the federal minimum wage. States such as Seattle, that have already increased the minimum wage to $15 per hour, and California, that has approved a bill that will change the minimum wage to $13 per hour in 2017, have already jumped on board with the movement. President Obama and many other protesters around the country who are fighting for the increase in the minimum wage believe that the raise will decrease poverty among Americans and provide a stable income to support a family, or serve as a livable wage (Lee). Instead of creating a positive impact on those in need, increasing the minimum wage will affect the lives of lower-income, lower-skilled workers in a negative way. According to conventional economic analysis, employment levels for lower-income workers in jobs such as fast food, or any job that pays minimum wage, have steadily decreased with the rises in the wage (“Effects of Raising”). While it will negatively affect the lower-income workers, the other half of Americans who work for higher wages and are not in poverty, will have increased incomes (“Effects of Raising”). Raising the wage will not produce the desired outcome and will consequently make the situation worse. Also, these types of jobs are not meant to be supporting families or be a livable wage. These jobs are stepping stones for teens and young adult workers to gain

Supporters of an increase in minimum wage, the McDonalds employees that demand $15 per hour, argue that they need a “living pay”. Furthermore, they state that it will bring workers out of poverty and will have little negative effects. There is evidence to support this claim. One of them being that when the minimum wage increased from $6.25 to $7.25, there was no immediate negative effect.

I think that Waffle Now should definitely raise their employees' wages, atleast by a little bit. In the first sentence of paragraph three in letter two, Kelley DeGuzman states that the federal non-tipped minimum wage is more than three times higher than the tipped minimum wage. This is a ridiculous difference when you consider that amount for tipped minimum wage is expected to be met or almost met by tips alone.

I personally believe that if a business is unable to pay their workers a liveable wage, they are inept at running said business. The idea that the restaurant is barely making a profit suggests poor business management skills, or at worst a gross level of misinformation being provided. If, as the second letter states, they are making so little profit then perhaps the owner or corporate should be stepping in to see why the business is doing so poorly. If the manager is providing misinformation to garner sympathy or avoid paying proper wages, then clearly a new manager is required as this one shows poor problem resolution skills. If Waffle Now were forced to close due to a pay increase for their employees, there is a significantly larger issue

The manager’s retaliatory approach to lower the loss percentage was not a motivational factor for the employees at all when he changed the number of hours employees had to work to receive free food from 6 hours a day to 12 hours. Evidently the employees did not respect his authority as the change did not seem to have an effect on them nor did it give them any motivation to do better. These jobs where minimum pay jobs

In my opinion, I think the second argument is better than the first one. It is more convincing. First of all, the second argument uses a lot of numbers to support the argument. When an article has real numbers, it make people think it is persuasive. Another point where I think the second argument is better is that each point in the article refutes the idea in the first article directly. Because of this, people will think the ideas in the first argument’s validity needed to be confirm.