Posted on 07/22/2015 3:24:17 PM PDT by ScottWalkerForPresident2016
NEW YORK (AP) Fast-food workers in New York state would see a super-sized raise under a plan to phase in a $15 minimum wage the first time a state has singled out a particular industry for such an increase.
The hike, approved Wednesday by the state Wage Board, would increase gradually over three years in New York City and six years for the rest of the state. It would apply to employees at any fast-food restaurant with 30 or more locations, impacting an estimated 200,000 workers.
"You cannot live and support a family on $18,000 a year in the state of New York period," Gov. Andrew Cuomo, whose administration must approve the idea, said at a Manhattan rally celebrating the proposal. "This is just the beginning. We will not stop until we reach true economic justice."
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You're not supposed to be able to support a family while working a fast food job.
Why not 25 bucks an hour that would be better
Say hello to automation.
College graduates are accepting $15 to $20 an hour jobs. This will have a ripple effect.
My main question is asked in the article: why does this only apply to fast food jobs? Is that legal
Then tell cuomo and his commie buddies to give up their money.
Nobody is going to open a fast food franchise in NY from now on...
Bill of Attainder much?
Ah what the hell. The rest of the Constitution is shredded. Why not that part.
Hell, let's have them increase the minimum wage by actual individual. If we are gonna blow out the BoA, let's do it all RIGHT LIKE.
“”You cannot live and support a family on $18,000 a year in the state of New York period,”
You could if you reduced the cost of living in new york through massive tax cuts, fewer government regulations, and smaller government. But thats just me.
Of course not. This punishes all but Fast Food Workers, which makes it a Bill of Attainder issue.
But laws are so November 5, 2012.
Mom and pop restaurant owners are smiling.
I reduced my cost of living in New York by getting the hell out of New York.
Is this an attempt to shut down a food industry....per Michelle's bidding??
Fire up those factories that produce robots; lots of business coming your way in NY State.
Courtesy of Cuomo the Communist.
And as for the rest of the ‘something for nothing’ crowd, the unemployment line forms to the right...
These minimum wagers just don’t get it.Fast food joints will phase their sorry butts out ASAP and go automated
Seriously: they're already available,AND cost-effective.
Dude, that was like, 3 years ago! Get with the times!
Yes....of course, because it’s working out sooooo well in Seattle/Washington. Workers are requesting LESS hours, so they won’t make over the limit to continue to receive WELFARE benefits, businesses are charging a SURCHARGE to help pay the higher hourly rate, tips aren’t being left, due to higher prices.
Yes....double down on STUPID, NYC....you always seem to do just that.
“My main question is asked in the article: why does this only apply to fast food jobs? Is that legal”
In the People’s Republic of New York, with Comrade Cuomo at the helm, there are no laws that cannot be ignored for the ‘public good’.
Plus it will create jobs at the unemployment office.
Seattle sees fallout from $15 minimum wage, as other cities follow suit
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