[grundle]

Several months ago, the chain had 64 locations in the U.S. If it can get the total down to 60, it will be exempt the new minimum wage law.

[central_va]

Ok, so who is doing the work of these OVERPAID people let go? Is the work not getting done? Perhaps this postition needed eliminating anyway.

[mikelets456]

The Marxist left’s march on destroying small businesses and companies…

[Qwapisking]

or open another one somewhere else where there are sane politicians. oh...sorry. I just saw what I did there.

[Jonty30]

The solution, imo, for minimum wage workers are not perpetual increases in the minimum wage. But to increase the pathways to learning marketable skills.

[Ann Archy]

Hey Monica.....how do you LOVE your Gov. Newsome now?? STOP VOTING FOR DEMOCRATS!!!

[wny]

first rule of economics: true minimum wage is zero.

[ArcadeQuarters]

her former colleagues would prefer the old wage over being unemployed.

Discovering the real minimum wage.

[butlerweave]

Just wait until their EV mandate kicks in the jobs in the auto industry and connected to it will go bye bye

[central_va]

Will another retailer step in?

[Omnivore-Dan]

It’s just amazing how self destructive Californians are. Buy electric!!! Shut down power plants!!! Pay illegals!!! Don’t use air conditioners, or charge your car!!! Oh yeah..watch where you step!

[Carriage Hill]

Simple fix: Bake bread on premise, and be exempted from the $20/hr crap.

[CatOwner]

This might have more impact if the stories weren’t repeating the same location in the remote location of Lemoore, CA, with a population of less than 30,000.

[RoosterRedux]

Well, there’s one good thing the Democrats do. Their stupid policies are teaching everyday Americans about economics and why some things that might sound good to people who know nothing about business (like a minimum wage) just don’t work.

[Pontiac]

Scott Rodrick, who owns 18 McDonald’s locations in the state, told CNN he has raised prices about 5% to 7% in the last three months to anticipate the higher wages. Instead of cutting any worker hours, he also plans to grow his delivery operations and make decisions about large capital expenses, like postponing updating a dining room or putting off buying new grills or rooftop HVACs.

The impact of Kalifornia’s stupid socialist laws will ripple through the entire nation and the world.

Delay of capital upgrades in Kalifornia means less work all over the country for skilled trades.

[Iron Munro]

The government should not have the authority or legal right to set any minimum wage standards.

It is pure socialist wealth redistribution.

It holds the hard workers and top performers down and boosts the slackers and low performers up.

[ExSES]

Large increases in Minimum Wage laws have proven to be "Survivors' Benefits" in all cases! The policy decision to be made is just how many "Survivors" do you want to have?

[high info voter]

Well...that’s the oncoming socialism, where the decent citizens get nothing and the politicians continue to get themselves rich! ....imho

[dfwgator]

The minimum wage is always $0.

[Vaduz]

We would have rather stayed at the wage that we did have before.

Some still haven’t grasped the idea how socialism works flat line all wages.

It’s who you vote for that makes things change.

[refreshed]

Without reading the comments, a popular response to this would be “you get what you vote for.” The folks fired here just want to live their lives and due to their socio-economic status, they generally have no influence over things coming down from their government, nor can they afford to move. It truly doesn’t matter if they vote Democrat, Republican, or Green Party, the results are predetermined in the elections anyway. Since the soap box has been taken away and the ballot box has been hijacked, there has to be another way.

That’s just how I view it. Nobody wants a worse life for themselves.