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The Results of California’s New $20 Fast Food Minimum Wage Are Already In

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libertybele:
It's not brain surgery folks -- who do you think is going to pay for the major hike in the minimum wage?  Workers and patrons.  The rise in food prices alone are hurting restaurants.

California minimum wage shocks fast food workers as restaurant closes: 'Only the beginning,' ex-manager warns

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/california-minimum-wage-shocks-fast-food-workers-restaurant-closes-only-begining-ex-manager-warns

PeteS in CA:

--- Quote from: PeteS in CA on April 02, 2024, 05:03:22 pm ---Some predictable - except to Prog pols, evidently - consequences:
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* Mom & Pops not covered by the law, YET, will have trouble getting good employees willing to accept a lower wage rate;
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Not quite Mom & Pops, but along similar lines:

California’s new $20-an-hour fast food minimum wage law poses headaches for school districts: ‘Harder to hire’

https://nypost.com/2024/04/04/business/californias-new-fast-food-minimum-wage-law-poses-headaches-for-school-districts/


--- Quote ---California’s new $20-an-hour minimum wage for fast food workers won’t just impact consumers who have to pay higher prices for menu items, but it could also make it more difficult for some public schools to retain low-paid cafeteria staffers.

Cash-strapped school districts in the Golden State could be forced to compete with billion-dollar corporations such as McDonald’s, Wendy’s and Pizza Hut parent company Yum! Brands for food service workers who are badly needed in California.
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