Calif. fast-food chains slash workers as $20-an-hour minimum wage looms

NYPost ^ | 3/25/24 | Shannon Thaler

[Angelino97]

The true minimum wage has always been zero.

In the old days, workers had to pay their employer for permission to come to work.

[CatOwner]

Now they’re for sure gonna vote Democrat /s

You laugh, but watch this get blamed on Republicans and white Americans.

[daler]

Can’t CA Dems simply pass a law making it illegal for businesses to lay off or fire minimum wage employees?

Asking for a friend.

[CatOwner]

Can’t CA Dems simply pass a law making it illegal for businesses to lay off or fire minimum wage employees who are in a protected class?

FIFY

[MinorityRepublican]

We went to at a local Mexican fast food joint over the weekend - I ordered a tostada and a drink, a fiesta burrito, shrimp bowl (with few shrimp in it) and a small, plain chicken breast - came to $65 - and they wanted a tip, LOL.

American owned? Or Mexican owned?

[xzins]

Robots charge how much an hour?

[MinorityRepublican]

So they won’t have the help anymore to keep the place clean. This minimum wage raise will be great for cockroaches and rats.

Drive thru/carry out only.

Dining room closed.

[VideoPaul]

You vote for the liberals, you lost your job as a direct result. Kindly remember in November how the liberals who “helped” you sent you to the unemployment line.

If you continue to vote for liberals and their feel-good policies that look great until they can’t make simple math agree with their unicorn-kisses policies.

If only we could make math say what we want it to based on our feelings.

[Jonny7797]

And they will hire illegals to replace them. It’s all according to plan

[Jeff Chandler]

Delivery by drone coming soon.

[Labyrinthos]

Only a moron like Gavin Newsom wouldn’t have seen the consequences.

He knows the consequences all too well. 99% of fast food workers will vote for Newsome because he gave them a raise. 50% of fast food executive will still vote for Newsome because liberal = stupidity. But even if 99% of fast food executives vote against Newsom, there are many more hourly workers than executives, and so Newsome wins 100 votes for every vote he loses. And the fast food industry will continue to contribute to Newsom's campaign, because if they don't, then the next law or regulation could be even worse for the industry.

[Bernard Marx]

It’s one of Newton’s Laws: For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

[plain talk]

Biden admin will blast away at big-fast food, big-McDonalds, big-Burger King etc. blah blah blah

[SunkenCiv]

Restaurants that serve salmon are particularly hard hit.

[yuleeyahoo]

Most Union contracts are tied in some way to the minimum wage, so an increase in minimum wage ultimately results in an increase in Union wages. That's why the Unions fight so hard for this.

[FreedomPoster]

Places in Oakland and elsewhere are doing that because of high crime.

[gitmo]

So California fast food joints will have worse customer service for more money.

[DoughtyOne]

I would encourage the fast food industry to take a stand and
simply close all west coast facilities.

We’ll see how that flies.

Our leaders are totally out of control.

[itsahoot]

Acai bowls are $50.

Went to KFC for a piece of chicken this week, a single fried chicken wing was $2.69.

[jacknhoo]

Even here in Woodstock, Georgia there is no line at our McDonalds or Wendy’s drive through at lunchtime. Burger King closed. Chic-fil-A has a doable drive through now, which before had lines out into the street.

I don’t see how these places are staying in business.