California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs law to raise minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs law to raise minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law raising the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour. The raise takes effect April 1.
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I'm all for it, but this creates an issue for skilled labor making roughly the same wage.
Basically everyone needs like 100% more money.
Doesn't create an issue, creates an opportunity
"Pay me more or I'll go get a job at a fast food place" is a simple and easy argument for raises at any reasonable place
Or just work a part time gig at McDonald’s for a couple 5 hour shifts a week to supplement your career job.
Makes it pretty appealing to think about flipping some burgers for $20 an hour, $100 a day 2-3 days a week.
Could be an extra $1,000 a month or so for people looking for something to supplement their income.
It disincentivizes gaining a skill, which is bad for society.
It disincentives gaining skills that can only earn less than 40k a year.
You’re looking at this backwards. It essentially would make a business compete with every other minimum wage job if all they’re offering is $20/h. They either raise wages to lure skilled workers, or try to provide some other benefits.
Lol, you're just stupid then, gotcha
Is that what teevee to you?
Real issue that this is not a universal wage increase. I don't get why it is only for "fast food" workers
I don't think it's unskilled labor at all. If anything, your so-called skilled labor is underpaying you then. We shouldn't hold others down.
Basically everyone needs like 100% more money.
Yes. They do. If you're doing something vastly more specialized than making food quickly, you should be paid much more than $20/hour.
And in California, $20/hour still isn't a livable wage.
and of course if every makes 100% more money then the price of everything goes up 100% and we're no better off.
Except for the fact that doesn't actually happen in other parts of the world that increase wages universally. Why would it happen here?