- cross-posted to:
- brainworms@lemm.ee
- cross-posted to:
- brainworms@lemm.ee
California fast food workers will be paid at least $20 per hour next year under a new law signed Thursday by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
When it takes effect on April 1, fast food workers in the state will have among the highest minimum wages in the country, according to data compiled by the University of California-Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education. The state’s minimum wage for all other workers is at $15.50 per hour and is already among the highest in the nation.
Newsom’s signature on Thursday reflects the power and influence of labor unions in the nation’s most populous state, which have worked to organize fast food workers in an attempt to improve their wages and working conditions.
I look forward to everyone bitching about how much more food costs.
Why would you assume food costs will increase?
Why would you assume increasing the cost of labor won’t increase the cost of the service?
In Denmark McDonald’s employees make $20~ an hour and a big Mac costs less. The only reason prices need to go up is to keep profits at an all time high to satisfy the Almighty shareholder. It’s just greed.
Edit: an extra $4.5 on a 40 hour a week is $180 or $360 pretax. The average rent in Cali as per Google is $1,726. 160~ hours a month ASSUMING you are allowed to work 40 hours you’d make $3200~ a month pretax after tax (per Google) it’s $2,608. Which leaves you $882 after paying rent (around 64% of your income). This part I don’t know about, but around $322 per month for one person for groceries. Leaving you $560 if you are just one person, if you’re a single parent with one or more kid you’re pretty much out of money at that point. Car payment, gas, you have zero extra money at all.
That’s awesome. Nowhere near answered the question but thanks for all the facts.
Your question was literally answered in the first sentence lmfao. Learn to read?
I was unaware that Denmark was in the US now.
The point is that they’re able to raise wages and keep prices the same. It has nothing to do with being in a different country. Why would it not be the same case in the US?
There are many factors that affect price. Wages is one of them.
Do you dispute that wages affect price? Why would you expect an across the board increase in labor costs to have zero affect on prices?
To take it to an extreme - if CA raised the minimum to $100/hr would you expect a 1$ burger still?
I mean. I absolutely did, in the first post.
Is Denmark in California? These are completely different economies with entirely different systems of benefits.
Ok so you’re just making up a reason to be pissed off. Good luck with that.
… what? What do you think I’m pissed off at?
Let me ask this. If Denmark doubled the cost of labor would you expect to see the cost of services increase?
I’m not sure their point was that prices should go up, but that they will go up. Which you seem to agree with, you even cited greed as the explanation.
Could you answer the question before asking another one?
Can you?
It’s a good thing food costs haven’t increased before this was announced! Where’s the dollar menu again?
Funny thing - there are multiple things that affect for prices.
You obviously have no clue what you are talking about.
Food already costs too much and it does partially because the government continues to pay farmers not to grow to get votes.