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Independent Senator Bernie Sanders announced via Twitter that McDonald’s employees have better salaries than workers of the brand in the United States.
The politician noted that McDonald’s workers in Denmark receive up to 22 dollars per hour along with benefits such as life insurance, pension, annual leave and other social benefits.
According to Indeed, many McDonald’s employees in the United States earn more than $ 10 dollars per hour . Additionally, many team members can take advantage of various benefits such as a stock purchase plan, special discounts, educational benefits, health insurance, and more.
Sanders said: “America must unite with the rest of the industrialized world and ensure that our working class can live with dignity .” His words provoked strong reactions.
Some Twitter users pointed out that Denmark is highly dependent on trade unions that help workers gain access to the benefits they enjoy.
Another Twitter user responded that it is important to have Take into account the fact that Denmark has much more taxes than the United States. It was also pointed out that it is more expensive to live there.
An article in the New York Times indicates that more than four-fifths of Danish workers have collective bargaining contracts and rarely go on strike.
They also benefit from ‘sectoral bargaining’, whereby contract negotiations apply to an entire business sector rather than to an individual business.
This, Essentially, it means that if Danes choose to work at Burger King or McDonald’s, they don’t need to worry about payment and can rest easy knowing that it will be the same no matter where they are.
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