With the vaccine and drastically lower COVID numbers, companies in Idaho and elsewhere started expecting staff to work in person again. However, many employees are pushing back and even quitting because they want the work from home life that they became accustom to.
McDonalds employees, more specifically the cashiers and cooks have been planning a strike around the country. Workers are expected to strike next Wednesday, May 19th. The strike is to fight for higher wages. Idaho has about 50 McDonalds through the state, around 20 in the Treasure Valley.
Well we have all been watching this giant thing get built over the last year and heard all about the 2,000 new jobs becoming available for treasure valley job seekers and now the time has finally come. The official ribbon cutting ceremony was this morning and Nampa Major Debbie Kling was there along with an Amazon representative for the celebration.