美国快餐业工人大范围罢工

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自2009年以来的最低工资终于引发了美国快餐业工人的大规模罢工。

Fast-food workers in 58 cities in the USA did not go to work on Thursday. They went on strike because they want more money. The workers these years get paid the lowest wage. This was set at $7.25 in 2009 and has not changed since then. Many workers say they cannot live on that . The price of everything has gone up but their wages have stayed the same for five years. The workers want $15 an hour, which is double their wage. Julio Wilson, at a pizza restaurant, told the BBC he earns $9 an hour. He said that wasn’t enough to support himself and his five-year-old daughter. He said: “I know I may lose my job by doing so, but it’s my right to fight for what I deserve.”

美国58个城市的快餐店员工于周四罢工。他们因想要更多的工资而继续罢工。这些年来，这些员工被支付最低工资。2009年是7.25美元每小时，并且自那时便没有改变。许多员工说他们的工资不足以维持生活。每件东西都涨价了，唯独他们的工资五年都没有变。员工们想要每小时15美元的工资，也就是现在工资的两倍。 Julio Wilson是一个披萨店的员工，他告诉英国广播公司，他每小时工资是9美元。他说那不足以养活他和他5岁的女儿。他说：“我知道我这么做可能会失去工作，但我是为我应得的东西而战斗。”

McDonald's and Burger King（汉堡王）both spoke about the strike. They said they did not make decisions about how much to pay workers in most of their restaurants. They said each restaurant is independent and the manager decides how much to pay the workers. McDonald’s profits were over $5.5 billion in 2011. They also said that an increase in wages would mean more expensive hamburgers. America’s National Restaurant Association (美国餐饮协会) said the wages were low because the staff are young and have little work experience. It said: “Only 5% of restaurant workers earn the lowest wage and they are mainly working part-time and half are teenagers.”

麦当劳和汉堡王都在谈论此次罢工。他们说还没有做好决定要给他们的大多数餐厅的员工支付多少工资。他们说每个餐厅都是独立的，是由经理决定支付员工多少工资。麦当劳2011年的利润是55亿美元。他们说员工工资的上涨就意味着汉堡包的价格上涨。它说：“只有5%的餐馆工人领的是最低工资，而且这部分人主要是兼职或者青少年。”美国餐饮协会说工资低的原因是员工年轻且工作经验少。据说：“只有5%的餐馆工人领的是最低工资，而且这部分人主要是兼职或者青少年。”