MicroWaveSep 28, 2023

Fast food workers to get a $20 minimum wage in CA

https://lemmy.world/post/5923468

Fast food workers to get a $20 minimum wage in CA - Lemmy.world

California fast food workers will be paid at least $20 per hour next year under a new law signed Thursday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. When it takes effect on April 1, fast food workers in the state will have among the highest minimum wages in the country, according to data compiled by the University of California-Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education. The state’s minimum wage for all other workers is at $15.50 per hour and is already among the highest in the nation. Newsom’s signature on Thursday reflects the power and influence of labor unions in the nation’s most populous state, which have worked to organize fast food workers in an attempt to improve their wages and working conditions.

Show threadbetwixthewiresSep 28, 2023

minimum of 20 locations nationwide

And then, when this predictably puts all the small time, local food joints out of business, the people that vote for these clowns will be complaining that big corporations control everything.

Can you guys even see 10 inches in front of your own nose?

Show threadPLAVAT🧿SSep 28, 2023

The raise takes effect on April 1 and applies to workers at restaurants that have at least 60 locations nationwide — with an exception for restaurants that make and sell their own bread, like Panera Bread.

Where did you get 20? And does your point about minimum locations make sense with also bringing up local joints who are explicitly exempt given said minimum?

Show threadGentlemanLoser
A business that can’t pay its employees a living wage isn’t a business
Sep 29, 2023 at 12:01amWeb
Show threadiAmTheTotSep 29, 2023
Hear, hear.