http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/04/23/1379670/-Cook-in-US-Senate-works-70-hrs-wk-needs-foodstamps?detail=email
Bertrand Olotara is a cook for the UK based (WTF?!) Compass Group, the contractor that rakes in billions in profits and yet does not pay its American workers a living wage.
Every day, I serve food to some of the most powerful people on earth: I’m a cook for the federal contractor that runs the US Senate cafeteria.
I’m a single father and I only make $12 an hour; I had to take a second job at a grocery store to make ends meet. But even though I work seven days a week – putting in 70 hours between my two jobs – I can’t manage to pay the rent, buy school supplies for my kids or even put food on the table. I hate to admit it, but I have to use food stamps so that my kids don’t go to bed hungry.
Tired of hearing platitudes from millionaire Senators who are running for President, Mr Olotara and his fellow employees have decided that the power brokers are going to have to get their grub from someone else's hands and is going on strike:
I am walking off my job because I want the presidential hopefuls to know that I live in poverty. Many senators canvas the country giving speeches about creating “opportunity” for workers and helping our kids achieve the “American dream” – most don’t seem to notice or care that workers in their own building are struggling to survive.
I’ve done everything that politicians say you need to do to get ahead and stay ahead: I work hard and play by the rules; I even graduated from college and worked as a substitute teacher for five years. But I got laid-off and I now I’m stuck trying to make ends meet with dead-end service jobs.
American voters should ask themselves: if presidential candidates won’t help the workers who serve them every day, will they really help the millions of low-wage American workers who they don’t know or see? I’m a Bible-believing Christian, just like a lot of the candidates. Scripture says to “Love your neighbor” and “Do unto to others as you would have them do unto you”. It’s a shame too few candidates follow the guidance of the book in which they say they believe.
this is about ego those with money see being able to look down on others as part of the perks without it they just have big bank accts. with it they are rich. it''s true we here republicans and Dems talk about doing what they say is following the rules but they never say nor differentiate what their rules and yours are bet $10,000.00 they are not the same.
we hear them talk about Pres. trying to separate the country when they have been there done that centuries ago, to them what good is the money if you can't use it to lord over others or buy a gov't of your choice (Koch bros.) this should be on news TV for all too see and those opposed well we will see who is the most vengeful during their walk out.
