The Foster's Freeze team in Lemoore, California, felt "shock" as they learned of the restaurant's last-minute closure, Monday, following the state's $20 minimum wage law.
While that sucks in the moment, ultimately the restaurants will have to hire more staff at the higher pay rate, or ultimately close because they can’t handle the idea of exploiting their workers slightly less.
Either fast food companies will end up paying the higher wage, or they will end up going out of business. I don’t really care which, because fast food is a luxury. It sucks those people won’t have jobs in the short term, but in the long term they won’t be exploited as much by their next employer.
If they were “living fine” at $16/hr they wouldn’t need the state to mandate a pay raise. I challenge you to live in California on $16/hr and make it. $20 isn’t even enough, but it’s a move in the right direction.
You’re talking about the Davis-Bacon act, not the federal minimum wage law. That doesn’t negate the importance of setting a minimum wage (and ideally keeping it consistent with the rate of inflation/deflation to preserve the spending power of the minimum wage)
We’re not talking about black unemployment, we’re talking about the minimum wage in California. I asked you a direct question, and you’re pivoting to avoid admitting you’re wrong.
Considering they were living just fine on 16, it’s hard to argue it wasn’t enough. Now they have zero.
While that sucks in the moment, ultimately the restaurants will have to hire more staff at the higher pay rate, or ultimately close because they can’t handle the idea of exploiting their workers slightly less.
Either fast food companies will end up paying the higher wage, or they will end up going out of business. I don’t really care which, because fast food is a luxury. It sucks those people won’t have jobs in the short term, but in the long term they won’t be exploited as much by their next employer.
If they were “living fine” at $16/hr they wouldn’t need the state to mandate a pay raise. I challenge you to live in California on $16/hr and make it. $20 isn’t even enough, but it’s a move in the right direction.
They didn’t ask the state to mandate it.
All this does is cause a loss of jobs.
Minimum wage was meant to deny blacks employment. It’s why the democrats love minimum wage discussions
You’re talking about the Davis-Bacon act, not the federal minimum wage law. That doesn’t negate the importance of setting a minimum wage (and ideally keeping it consistent with the rate of inflation/deflation to preserve the spending power of the minimum wage)
Negate it. It’s kept black people down for years.
Hahaha how has guaranteeing a wage of above 0 kept black people down for years? Or at least since the 1967 reform?
https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/insights/perspective/the-fight-for-15-how-increasing-the-minimum-wage-can-close-the-racial-wealth-gap/
You know what lowered the black unemployment. Trump in office. Amazing how republican policies beat racist policies
We’re not talking about black unemployment, we’re talking about the minimum wage in California. I asked you a direct question, and you’re pivoting to avoid admitting you’re wrong.
I answered it. Minimum wage was designed to hold black people back. It’s why the democrats love it.