McDonald's Strike PLUS Cashiers Must Have College Degree: Massachusetts Mickey D's Wants Employees to Have Bachelors Degree, NYC Employee's Strike over Low Wages

McDonald's is catching a lot a of heat.  While in one state the fast food restaurant, known for its fatty foods and mouth watering fries is stepping up its flipping requirements, in New York City employee's are demanding higher wages. 

A Winchendon, Massachusetts franchise is requiring its new employee's to have a bachelors degree.

It addition to the degree requirements, those applying for the full-time cashier’s role must also have at least one year of experience in working the tills if they want get the job, according to The Daily News.

An add for cashier positions was published by the Washington Examiner, but it lacks information regarding the salary.

With college graduates across the nation suffering from U.S. economical deficits, and America's youth at an astronomical unemployment rate of 11.5 percent, will this requirement help or harm recent graduates?

Minimum wage is currently around a $8 in Massachusetts, while other states have even lower rates. In New York City more than 70 McDonald's locations were grounds for strikes as employees picketed for higher wages.

The minimum wage in New York is $7.25 an hour, and food service workers may earn less than that, with $4.65 an hour because their total compensation includes expected tips.

The day started with dozens of workers walking off work at a McDonald's location near Times Square, according to Jonathan Westin, executive director of protest sponsor New York Communities for Change, reported CNN Money.

Do you think it takes a college degree to be a cashier at Mickey D's?  Should McDonald's offer higher wages?

UPDATE: After we published this article, we recieved an email from a rep at the New England McDonald's Communications team.  The owners of the Massachutts McDonald's in question released the following statement:

There has been some misinformation reported by an independent job site with no relationship to the Winchendon, Massachusetts McDonald's. The original job posting, which could be accessed through McState.com , did not require a bachelor's degree and we do not require a bachelor's degree for employment. Our organization is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse work force.