Last September, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed California Assembly Bill 1287 into law, which includes a $20 per hour minimum wage for fast-food workers and a fast-food regulatory council which has the authority to raise the industry’s minimum wage annually. But between last fall and January, California fast-food restaurants cut about 9,500 jobs, representing a 1.3 percent change from September 2023.
  • PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com
    22·
    7 months ago

    The link to the WSJ doesn’t say they cut 9.5K jobs. It’s the same as the one from a month ago about some pizzeria dude losing his job. So, idk wtf this article (or the other Google links, because I searched this time) are talking about. This number feels like it’s being pulled out of thin air to provide a narrative that isn’t true. In other words, unless there was a study done, it’s disinformation.

  • FiveMacs@lemmy.ca
    233·
    7 months ago

    Let these companies cripple themselves all because they don’t want to pay fair wages. If they can’t be bothered to ensure humans can live, they don’t need to be in this world.

    This is just bully tactics. Take the Loblaw strike/van and apply it to every one of these companies. Let corporations for once die and fail if they can’t handle the realities of this world

  • Bongo_Stryker@lemmy.ca
    142·
    7 months ago

    Unverifiable statistics from a fascist propaganda machine.

    Meanwhile, the nation of Zimbabwe has no statutory minimum wage and the unemployment rate for 2023 was 9.1. There is no direct connection between these two things and anyone who claims so is either foolish or deceitful.

    • Neuromancer@lemm.eeOPM
      314·
      7 months ago

      That’s heartless to want people to lose their jobs when they were happy with their wages. You’re going to chip in and help them pay their bills?

        • Neuromancer@lemm.eeOPM
          312·
          7 months ago

          lol. You crack me up. As the article points out it made them unprofitable. So they laid people off or closed. You can’t take a lower margin when you’re already a negative margin.

            • Neuromancer@lemm.eeOPM
              111·
              7 months ago

              lol. None of these are doing that. You think a franchise owner is making 2000x times their employees ? A McDonald’s profits about 100k. That means the demise owner has to put down 1 million to get a 10% return. That means they are making 5x an employee but carry all the risk.

              You keep ranting about a living wage which by itself doesn’t mean anything. They were living in their wages before which means it was a living wage. Now they have no wages. So now they have an unlivable wage.

                • Neuromancer@lemm.eeOPM
                  19·
                  7 months ago

                  lol you confused executives with franchise owners, that makes your argument irrelevant.

                  The article is talking about franchise owners. So why are you going on about some mythical executive is beyond me.

                  Stop saying living wage since you don’t understand the word. It doesn’t mean what you think.

                  I wasn’t always well to do. So I do understand the struggle. Why id rather have a job at 16 an hour rather then zero.

    • Neuromancer@lemm.eeOPM
      16·
      7 months ago

      Well good for them. When that other place opens, they’ll have a job making less money. I’m sure that’ll male them happy