7.Why the Fast-Food Worker Strikes Are Doomed

               In tis article the author, Derek Thompson talks about how fast food companies pay their employees very little. These fast-food workers went on strike demanding 15 dollar per hour minimum for theri wages. Mos of the people wo work there are above 25 years old and really need that money in order to sustain a family. Thompson says that there are two issues that these companies should be noticing and trying to fix. The first is that there are less and less people that want to be employed no matter the wages ad also that customers may also strike by not going to McDonald's also wanting the clercks to have e higher wage. He shows a line graph that exposes the wages of the clercks compared to how much they are selling and the graph makes it clear that these low wages won't be changed. He concludes by saying that even though these strikes are for a noble cause they probably will not change anything; he also states that maybe the congress should take action about it because if this goes on only betweens employees and customers the wages will continue the same.
                 In his first paragraph Thompson amkes it very clear what his topic is. He states it very plainly and already adresses the issue (employees striking). His thesis however is not plain because on the first read one gets the impression that he is in favour of the workers that are striking; in actuality by reading the title it becomes known that what he is trying to get across is that all of these manifestation won't change anything. Even though his thesis is not clear he puts in a line graph in order to make the information easier to understand. The graph was a good iniciative but he did not explain the graph, he simply told the reader to analyze it. If he had explained all the numbers and what the graph was showing it would have become a lot clearer to the reader what he was trying to say. His conclusion is also a little bit confusing ebcause he puts in a new idea in the last sentence. He says ho the manifestations will end up doing nothing and says how the congress could help by taking some sort of action. What he said about the congress was completely new and not states in his body paragraphs, only in the conclusion so he could have structured it better. Despite all of his follies he did get the general idea across; that workers are striking and that it might not work. He could have however made some changes for the benefit of the reader like structure his body paragraphs better, makes his thesis clearer and explain the graph.