Posted on 04/05/2024 5:19:47 AM PDT by george76
Another California small business and its workers have seemingly suffered at the hands of the state’s newly enacted $20 minimum wage.
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When making their way to work Monday morning, Navarro and her team learned upon arrival that the restaurant owner had made the decision to close its doors for good.
The owner, Loren Wright, told local Fox affiliate KMPH that this was the “last thing” they wanted to do, but knew by Friday night the business likely wouldn’t be able to absorb the wage hike and didn’t “want to ruin their Easter Sunday.”
The new California statewide legislation went into effect Monday and enforces a $20 minimum wage for restaurants that have at least 60 locations nationwide, except those that make and sell their own bread.
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“I can see their intentions with increasing the minimum wage, thinking that it will attract more people,” the ex-manager added, “but I honestly don’t think it will work. This is not the first business that’s closing. There’s already a few local businesses for me that are closing, so I feel like this is just only the beginning.”
Speaking on behalf of the now unemployed Fosters Freeze team, Navarro claimed they would have preferred working at a lower hourly rate than being laid off.
“From the people that I spoke to, my employees, we would have rather stayed at the wage that we did have before, just because now we don’t have a job,” Navarro said. “And those who are still working in the areas around us that went up to $20 an hour, they got their hours severely cut. And it’s a lot less people working on shifts. So their jobs got a lot more difficult.”
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I think California wants people to stop eating at fast food places and eat healthier. It’s for their own good...says the government of California. lol
“It’s the politicians and their voters.”
Many of whom are fast-food employees...
This is a very good post! Has doodlebob been taken over by the pod people?
Democrats are your friends. They’ll fight for a higher minimum wage while you’re employed, and higher food stamp benefits when you lose your job.
Exactly. That comment about having enough money to retire was stupid.
Running a fast-food business in the red means, regardless of how much money you have, you'll soon have less.
The article implies there is only one store...
The owner may not have retired but pulled his investment in the restaurant to invest in something else.
That, or decided to set up shop in another state.
Because that's what victims do when a pfascist regime targets them.
a fast-food worker who was obviously in her forties complain, “how they ‘spect me to raise fo’ kids on this wage?”
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How sad she was sold a lie that big daddy Uncle Sam will raise her family. I hope she wakes up.
So the owner must have enough $$$$ to retire. Must be nice.
It’s a democrat stunt for votes. It helps no one.
Minimum wage goes up.
All other companies that use the minimum wage as a base now raise everyone’s salary/wage.
Prices go up EVERYWHERE to cover the new wage expense.
The minimum wage worker is right back at the bottom.
Something about liberals that they cannot process this simple truth.
The lawmakers who made the laws and the beneficiaries of the laws literally have no idea how businesses work.
They ‘think’ the businesses are out there just price gouging their corporate hearts out and making the profit off the backs of its workers and just set a price for a huge profit, so if a worker is mandated more money, they can just raise the prices to compensate irrespective of competition or people just not buying their services anymore.. Either that or just take the costs out of its profits.
This is their result. More to come.
>>>Nonetheless, if the law exists at all, it still affects those to whom it may not apply.>>>
Wouldn’t it positively affect those to whom it doesn’t apply? Since they can pay their workers less than the big boys, aren’t they now at a competitive pricing advantage?
Probably not very.....enjoy it while they can.
High School and GED employees aren’t worth $20 per hour of even $10.
No.
I deliver superior content.
Usually.
Most of the time.
No, they’ll just end up selling the business quickly at some loss and move away from California to make up for the loss.
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