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.
  • NeuromancerOPM
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    2 months ago

    don’t think it actually occurs to them that paying the barista 20$ an hour means the cost of their coffee is going to go up

    Agreed. As you can see here when person thought the franchisee should just take less profit when it’s unprofitable. He seemed to think the franchisee was making 2000x the employee when it’s close to 4-5x but also carries all the liability.

    Dining in general is low margin. Wages are a large part of that cost. I’m not against raising wages but people need to realize cost will go up, jobs will be lost and you’ll get less service.