CA’s minimum wage law causing mass layoffs

Chef Andrew Gruel discusses how California's minimum wage hike is resulting in layoffs on ‘The Bottom Line.’
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[@David-be1ox]

California fools had their chance to get rid of him!

[@TheMk37994]

They are brainwashed democrat voters.

[@whatfreedom7]

Or did they? If there is cheating they will vote for themselves.

[@LordHaveMercyOnUs247]

Us conservatives tried to no avail as the majority of Californians are blue and most do not care enough to vote especially with common sense. Am waiting and praying for the day we can flee far from here.

[@David-be1ox]

@@LordHaveMercyOnUs247 I hope you can soon!

[@whatfreedom7]

Haha they deleted my comment again.

[@VirginiaBell22]

our country is dying under democrats

[@BinkyStalls]

100% Facts

[@Soy_Bomb]

Nah

[@shockcat5988]

“If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools”. Plato

[@rodhonco5681]

True Statement. Especially the unborn.

[@Soy_Bomb]

@@shockcat5988 Plato sucks

[@KopiCapLLC]

$20 per hour Phlebotomist, $20 per hour EMT, $20 per hour fast food worker…one of these things is not like the other

[@mordfustang1933]

20s about the minimum you need to live with roommates. Emt and phlebotomist should be making even more

[@rileyjoseph3488]

Emt should be making 30-40

[@DanielRodriguez-gm1ih]

EMT should definitely get a raise. They are saving life’s and can’t even afford an apartment for themselves.

[@jamesmadison3580]

STOP blaming the workers at the bottom. The average fast food executives take home over $5 million each x 2700 executives at each fast food multi-billion dollar corporation. I worked the grill at McDonalds in 1980 for $3.25 an hour I made 200 Quarter Pounders, 200 Big Macs, 50 Cheese Burgers, & 40 Burgers an hour. Quarter Pounders & Big Macs sold for $2.50 ea. I made Mc Donalds over $1000 per hour and only made $3.50 hr with NO benefits Imagine how much each employee makes for these chains now. STOP believing Republican bs. Multi Billion dollar corps can pay. We taxpayers should not pay for food stamps, Section housing & Medicaid for their employees

[@XC-Z-cv8qw]

Ah yes, let's create a class warfare among the working class and not point out the blatant price-gouging, profit-record-breaking, corrupt practices of corporations

[@Grizzly_Neme5i5]

I'm a Californian, and I didn't vote for him. I want to get the hell out of this state.

[@benllama2015]

Me To!

[@0NIN7]

outnumbered by a large margin.

[@user-sw1gc6bd2q]

I left in 2020....best decision ever. Best of luck to you..i hope you get a california parole date soon.

[@joefranks4235]

A number of years ago I was looking into moving to California for an I.T. role. Glad I never followed through. Your governor is an idiot.

[@albertalmaguer7362]

well

[@arkive9039]

Now that minimum wage is $20 an hour there’s absolutely no reason to tip anyone for doing their job

[@ginadefonte6444]

That’s a very good point 😉

[@kimfxer]

No more tipping in California.

[@maddhatter3564]

I dont tip machines anyway. computers will be the only cashiers left in that state.

[@JoeGarrity]

The workers need to tip the customers since that's where the moneys coming from.

[@joshuabarnes7552]

This mostly effect fast food resturants. You have to name resturants that have bussers and has 60 stores nationwide.

[@One-More-Silver-Dollar]

When you elect people that have never had a real job in their entire lives, never owned a business, and had everything handed to them from telling lies, what do you expect? They could ruin anything with a big smile on their faces.

[@michaelboykin9881]

He owns or partially owns a restaurant, but is still hiring wait staff at 16.00 an hour. Democrats don't play by their own rules. They just force others to.

[@worthybanks4204]

Correct.

[@josephquinn6686]

What do you expect newsom and auntie Pelosi 😂

[@btsantiago52]

California Assembly consists of 62 Democrats and 18 Republicans, while the Senate is composed of 32 Democrats and 8 Republicans. There is no coming back from that.

[@robertkroeker420]

Oh you mean inbred uneducated Trump loving freaks of society lol

[@mickeydeez9581]

I went into a McDonalds, then in a Wendy's, I read the menu and went home and made myself a sandwich and I won't go back.

[@w1Cked760]

Yup! For a few $ more I can go to a restaurant! And get better food and service

[@miked8227]

And the restaurant food is poison anyway.

[@StickAndMove]

2,500 McDonald’s & Pizza Hut workers getting all excited about getting paid $20 an hour, then just getting laid off. 🤗😡😩

[@haroondaman7162]

Uber is where they will go to earn way less

[@ouroboros5224]

California loves its homeless so much they want to create more of them.

[@karinjudd1442]

The majority of homeless are senior citizens. Sad but true. The worst part is illegals are being housed and receive SS benefits higher than most seniors receive.

[@hydraxc2478]

​@user-rl7mt4gh3oWho's "we"? I voted red like all the other sane people, and my city and state are just fine.

[@Mejiaelis]

@@hydraxc2478do you think all Californians vote democrat? Get real!

[@user-ok1pi7sz9w]

The homeless problem equals big salaries for people in charge to fix it. So why would they fix it if they would lose there jobs. 😂

[@alonzomartii]

There are a lot of jobs but they don't like to work. And some and so hooked in that's they cannot perform at a job

[@keithm9337]

Astonishing how people again and again will vote for their own demise. And it is spreading across the country.

[@johngol2604]

It's called 'Stuck on Stupid'.

[@benwalters4808]

Fox news lies to you, it's the entire purpose of the network.

[@youtubesucks1499]

It's the hateful Progressive agenda.

[@timwade1266]

Because the idea of self-sufficiency has died. They vote to have the government get bigger so it can solve their problems and give them a better life. Rather than the founding principles of a small government that's power comes from the consent of the governed. So in 250 years we took a near perfect concept and returned to living under the rulers' lash. And did it willingly

[@TheloniousJackson]

Astonishing how people again and again believe that Trump is the answer to all that ails America

[@melsop54]

Forcing a more expensive labor force WILL force a more expensive product for the customer, thus nullifying any pay increase altogether.

[@Wary_Of_Extremes]

Minimum wage had its highest purchasing power in Feb of 1968, and never again had such purchasing power. Minimum wage has lagged BEHIND inflation, it has not been the cause of it. Government spending, including taxpayer money to themselves (via money to companies they're invested in) and their friends every time the military makes a move or there is some sort of public works, that outstrips actual production in the country, largely causes inflation. The world caught up post wwii (when Canada and the U.S. basically had some of the only production capability in the world, and every blue collar job could pay okay to amazingly). The world now does not want to pay a lot for electronics, machine parts, etc., just so American and Canadian workers can get great pay in factories and all the service workers those factory workers go to can also get paid well.

[@melsop54]

@@Wary_Of_Extremes I'd argue, as minimum wage is intended to provide minimum standards of living, the issue is not minimum wage. If inflation has well outpaced minimum wage, you place the blame squarely on inflation. If water is filling the boat, the solution is not to get a bigger bucket. The solution is to slow down and eventually stop the water from coming in. Min wage was never intended to support a family with, pay a mortgage or rent with, etc. The fight should be on slowing down government spending that leads to inflation. As if our lives depended on it, because they do. But no one seems to want to fight that fight.

[@TheExauticTruth]

@@melsop54minimum wage was intended for the minimum amount of money someone can make to support themselves and there family. Look it up stop just saying things out your mouth without research.. the cost of living is too high therefore WE NEED minimum wage increase to survive. This theory is whats wrong with the world. Some people couldnt afford college.. some people HAVE to be able to survive on minimum wage PERIOD… just stop. Dont say minimum wage wasnt intended for blahblahblah youre absolutely wrong.. just stop

[@TheExauticTruth]

People like you WANT people to be on the street. This theory is for people who make too much money that want to have a say in why they need to stay rich while there employees dont make enough…

[@melsop54]

@@TheExauticTruth No. No I don't. That's how people get killed, and I don't want otherwise innocent people killed. It's basic business. Basic math. If I have two employees and I hypothetically pay them $5 a day each (just using small numbers for example of course), and I charge $1 for my product that my employees help sell, and then I HAVE to start paying my employees $10/day, my expenditures just increased $10/day overnight. My choices are simple. Increase the price on my product to make up that gap...or eliminate one employees position, place that burden on the other, and balance out my expenditures. What I am not in business for (read what nobody is in business for) is to lose money. You may not like that, you may hate that. It's still reality. No matter how hard you fight it.

[@frankzalar333]

Mcdonald's laying off 1200. Pizza Hut laying off 1300. That played out well. 🙄

[@nakoloc1040]

Frank - according to the democrat liberal agenda, it's playing out perfectly. They're not trying to help the workers, they're trying to HURT the owners. They're trying to make you, the consumer, more dependent on them. And to them, the real knee slapper is, their state will re-elect them, no matter how much truth comes out.

[@mikeg8494]

Funny they laid off alot of people but still raise the prices on everything.

[@wittypoker]

@@mikeg8494 yea cuz you think these single franchises are making billions.

[@ShiggyMomo]

@mikeg3494 Of course they raised the price on everything, they have to after they're forced to pay 20 dollars an hour. Wtf did you think was gonna happen!? 😂

[@samspade9838]

​@mikeg8494 that is because of bidenflation.

[@Pledgeman]

People of California, not all of you are stupid but the ones who vote for Newsome are!

[@michaelcrow9732]

Thank you for saying that. Not ALL people in California are willing to accept this foolishness. Some of us didn't vote for him, and we can't afford the "exit" tax to leave.😢

[@SaytenAntiChrist]

No they all are

[@mattmarzula]

​@@brunoheggli2888enlighten us as to how.

[@Its2084]

No, they are all stupid.

[@HolidayRambler.Admiral]

Voting in Commiefornia is a useless act... Systematic voter fraud was implemented in 1996 called Motor Voter.

[@JohnLee-db9zt]

Newsom, the ultimate grifter/used car salesman.

[@sz5263]

Be careful, really careful. One day he might be elected as POTUS, as easy as if he wins the nomination of the Democrats.

[@rolandjeronimus1440]

Trump Media is 'a scam,' and people buying its high-flying stock are “dopes. This balloon bursts and shareholders have lost their money, their own fault. Trump is and remains a fraud and you as a shareholder fell into it with your eyes wide open. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

[@brianvanwagner4802]

At least he didn't declare bankruptcy in order to not pay contractors.

[@alanakafang6143]

@@brianvanwagner4802 Daddy Trump owns your poor feeble mind

[@thedrunkweddingphotographer]

@@alanakafang6143 you sound vaccinated

[@shawnalynn8428]

I worked for the state as a in home caregiver and was making 16.50 a hour literally every year the state would fight our union on getting a raise and yet fast food workers are making 20 a hour. What about us the ones who are taking care of the elderly and disabled there's a lot more that goes into that line of work than just flipping a burger. SMH it's disgraceful what Newsome has done to California!!!

[@theterminators6512]

​@commanderpp because fast food corporations can afford it. That's why.

[@Wary_Of_Extremes]

Well, you should have picked to be at a certain company in a certain industry that Newsom wanted to make things harder for by very specifically raising minimum wage in. He didn't do this to help anyone but himself and friends, as certain places he and his friends don't have a stake in now have to pay more and places he and his friends do have a stake in don't have to pay more.

[@ernestoramos6666]

Even the Cerified nursing assistant studying and taking a licence examination , as a CNA worker are getting 20$ hr only!

[@calvinroyals6463]

It's the appearance of having done something. Without actually accomplishing very much benefit for the state.

[@mith2946]

This will eventually lead you to making more. Dont let Fox News lie to you and believe thier BS. They will also tell you Unions are bad. Newsome sucks but not for this

[@ParkerPennies]

As a fast food worker, I am now at $20 an hour. But the irony here is that I am making way less now. Why? Because any business that has to pay $20 an hour has slashed employee hours to part time. At $16.50 an hour, I was getting 6 to 8 hour shifts. At $20 an hour, I am only getting 4 hour shifts and somedays, only 3 hours. So I have taken a significant pay cut. And with California auto insurance having just gone up 33%, and rents that just keep going up and up, I don't know how I am going to survive. Thank You Governor Gruesome.

[@calvinroyals6463]

Un intended consequences. Not that politicians care. People who are not as perceptive as you will think it was a good idea

[@SM-tg5pi]

Same here, we got $0.30 raised this year, but they cut our hours too.

[@scharonwilliams3096]

You are not making less. You have more time to make more money now. If you make 16.50 for 40 hours vs 20 for 20 hours. What's your plan now for the other 20 hours mine Fill it up with another job so I'm still working 40 hours but making twice as much in that 40 hours. Don't be tricked into to thinking more hours equals more pay it's more pay equals more pay

[@calvinroyals6463]

@@scharonwilliams3096 I would add getting paid in dollars that are losing their buying powe for goods that are increasing in price. It's the fun of inflation.

[@kaitiscarlett9022]

and because the shifts are cut in half, the workers are doing the jobs of two people.

[@jeanettelopez4323]

He needs to go.....he is destroying California

[@fdsuperstar2547]

Except his next job is President of USA

[@ThatGuy10112]

@@fdsuperstar2547Yeah that will absolutely never happen

[@fdsuperstar2547]

@@ThatGuy10112 that’s what I said about Biden becoming President.

[@kerrycarter330]

@@ThatGuy10112 I’m not so sure. Over heard three girls saying they would like Gavin to be our next president. Why you ask. “He’s cute”. So nothing surprises me anymore.

[@RoaringRanger]

​@@fdsuperstar2547 Yep then just watch the damage we will witness the end of the United States

[@jujub4553]

I did not vote for him. And I also voted to get rid of him during the recall 🙄🙄🙄🙄 he needs TO GO.

[@Dynomite611]

Righttt!!! I hate when people comment saying you voted for this California!! Not true many voted against him.

[@grider421]

When are you guys going to actually do something? In case you haven’t noticed california hasn’t had fair elections for decades. Keep voting they can always create more votes than you.

[@Dynomite611]

@@grider421 what do you suggest?

[@johnmack8904]

Only illegals, the mentally ill and criminals voted for this clown

[@NickDrinksWater]

Cali has a defective governor

[@kenrobba5831]

They know what they’re DOING ! It’s to their benefit to RUIN everyone else, they think.

[@raul0ca]

Communists bringing communism to you

[@catr1226]

No more tipping pls. As a middle class, I don't even go to restaurants anymore bc tipping is like 20-25% now. A quarter of the price of my meal is insane.

[@yayatest7878]

A tip is a choice .stop complaining u robot

[@robh3007]

I have a new rule. If I'm standing up while placing my order, I'm not tipping.

[@DigitalProtectionAct]

​@@yayatest7878Not in California.

[@lanamarie3899]

I don't tip anything anymore!

[@RepublicConstitution]

California is so broken

[@alexmaury17]

California is broken by the government, illegal immigrants, drugs and crimes, just like New York, Chicago and other states with lots of illegals immigrants. Thanks Biden! It was bad years ago, but now it's just chaotic. 🎉 Trump 2024-2028 please and I wish longer😂 to undo some of this craziness.

[@matthewm9261]

Fix the currency and the need to raise minimum wage will stop. Gold standard

[@cheri9490]

That's what happens when you vote blue.😅​@matthewm9261

[@matthewm9261]

@cheri9490 why does federal defecits rise under republicans as well as democrats? They are equally to blame

[@brunoheggli2888]

Wrong!

[@foxtrot100]

Every sane human being in America saw this coming.

[@AsaTrenchard1865]

This is the 'believe me later' part.

[@roxannaramirez929]

Which makes one wonder why it was ever an option in the first place, it was so obvious the outcome. Either it was intentional or a spirit of stupid has come to rest on them. The silver lining, I hope this helps the recall.

[@darrennew8211]

Surprise! The law of supply and demand even works for low-skill labor!

[@hydraxc2478]

​@@roxannaramirez929It makes you wonder? They are blue voting Democrats. That should sum up everything.

[@goncas1300]

Bro, I'm from the other side of the ocean and I saw this from Mars away 🤣🤣🤣

[@elmalohombre4604]

The fact that there are restaurants with signs that say "now hiring" makes it all a joke

[@FatLu-zu2fb]

Combine Biden and Newsom ideas, and you have 1 Big Garbage Dump.

[@geraldmcgerald3014]

Yes Yes Yes 👍 Democrats create Train 🚂 Wrecks and in some cases Atrocities.

[@user-qg9xo3eq3l]

Elect stupid politicians get stupid results. What do you expect?

[@QuantumBank]

You do realize California is the most prosperous state in America right?

[@tyrmorningstar8508]

@@QuantumBankit’s prosperous in terms of the dairy farms and farming, because they hire illegals to pick your strawberries for nothing, but a lot of these illegals live multiple people to one household, and send their money back to Mexico where it’s worth more money.

[@jacobew2000]

@@QuantumBankThey would be a lot more prosperous had they not chased off about 4 million skilled workers in the past 20 years. Auto companies that have moved is just one example.

[@DigitalYojimbo]

​@@QuantumBankyou realize that was mainly due to people wanting to live in a geography with good climate ?

[@Liberalcali]

@@QuantumBankyou do know China investors have bought all the politicians and real estate in this state jusg ask Newsom he went there on vacation

[@GMCTIM]

Great job Newsome, like U hadn't F up California enough ! Keep voting Blue Folks ! 😔👎

[@spankyharland9845]

imagine that slick headed goon running for president.......

[@brunoheggli2888]

California is still great!

[@Meekerextreme]

@@brunoheggli2888 It hasn't been a great state in 40-50 years

[@Poundingsand]

@@brunoheggli2888 No it's not. The climate is great, the landscape is great, but the politics, the people and the taxes SUCK!

[@657spy]

@@brunoheggli2888 Uuuuhhhh, NO.

[@donaldgeorge2014]

Lets simply address the main question here. "Shouldn't California be a state with no problems whatsoever with crime, poverty, homelessness, education, etc? They are a supermajority state where no opposing viewpoints need to be considered. If their economic, social, and educational policies were so effective people in the state would have ZERO complaints. Why isn't California a UTOPIA. (It's a rhetorical question)

[@SLAYINGVR]

This is insane.

[@kerrycarter330]

A lot of California fast food workers will soon be making the real minimum wage. Which is zero.

[@KevinThomas-ok2ev]

I hope they remember to thank the SEIU thugs for getting them that wage.

[@ZISKAMAKES]

They will be getting unemployment 😖

[@atg1338]

Wow how pathetic and unamerican can you be 🤔

[@davidhenderson3400]

​@@ZISKAMAKES And how many weeks does that last. They got to find replacement job Sooner or later

[@UVJ_Scott]

“Congratulations you’re getting a raise, oh BTW you’re laid off.”

[@charliepearson1678]

Or were only gonna let you have 20 hrs a week . lol What a bunch of fools these ppl are .

[@milesjohnson5487]

Or get your hours cut in half.

[@tomriggs699]

Or the business has to close…

[@brandonhoffman4712]

I just keep giving myself raises and clients still chase me down for work. Ive gone from 30-50/hr since 2022 and am looking @ 62.50 as my next step. Im booked for 3 months. Working weekends and running myself ragged while trying to move @ the same time.

[@reaperundergroundexplorati2232]

@@brandonhoffman4712yeah but what do you do? Not flip burgers.

[@lambeauoriginal9062]

The fact a teenager tending the register now makes more than someone who works in healthcare is absolutely ridiculous.

[@jose-manuelespinoza7134]

Fake news. That teenager probably only workin 2 or 3 days a week at most so doubt they makin more than someone in healthcare workin full time

[@John_Ripper]

@@jose-manuelespinoza7134 So work multipel fast food jobs? then you get the same hours with more pay. Look I found the loop hole to ur impeccable logic. Your not so bright. Lets quit studying biology, health, why become a dr at all. its so simple. ch?

[@samspade9838]

​@jose-manuelespinoza7134 you cannot possibly be serious. Think.

[@jorgecortes8448]

my question is how does in n out manage to pay his employes? they have been payng 20 usd for years in california

[@andrewamell4965]

Dont forget In n out also has benefits, and their burgers combos are roughly the same if not cheaper than McDonalds. My bet would be its because In-N-Out doesn't do franchising and as a business has a consistent sense of integrity. In my small city there are 2 In-N-Outs and 6 Mcdonald's but almost all of the Mcdonalds are all owned by franchisees. Franchisees set prices and wages in their own stores so you have some semi-small business people who were trying to somewhere to maximize their personal profits. I would honestly bet that if every Mcdonalds was corporate owned there would be at least 10-20% less whining and lobbying against the wage increase.

[@MoneyandLifeTV]

Mass layoffs and business closure was the whole plan.

[@AsaTrenchard1865]

Exactly right 😐

[@axehandler114]

Yep.. need to get everyone relying on the Gov... socialism at it's finest.

[@jediskunk67]

@@axehandler114 And replace humans with robots.

[@focusmelvin]

​@@jediskunk67And illegal immigrants.

[@rosanneshinkle4133]

You nailed it.

[@michaelboykin9881]

A restaurant that is partially owned by Newsome is still paying only $16.00 an hour. Yep! Look it up. He is advertising for positions paying $16.00 and hour. Meanwhile food chains all across California are closing their doors for good, because the new wage mandate will strangle the life out of them. Newsome has found a way to choke out the competition. Rules for thee. The Democrat way.

[@Arlo360]

None of his restaurants are fast food.

[@vincedibona4687]

@Arlo360 So a FF restaurant worker makes $20/hr minimum but Gavin’s high-end restaurant workers only get $16. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@christianc6941]

The new law only applies to corporations that has over 60+ locations nationwide (fast foods). Restaurants and mom and pop eateries are not part of that. Although they will be pressured to increase if they want to keep their workers as they will go to fast foods to get paid more!

[@DiscoCatsMeow]

​@@christianc6941except for Panera bread. They got a special exemption. You know after the owner bribed ..err donated to Newsom.

[@edwardwilson9195]

@@christianc6941 He still should be leading by example! Newscum is bad news for California.

[@tyranix9785]

CA’s minimum wage law causing mass layoffs and 2% to 8% menu price hikes. ... YIKES!!

[@aragornii507]

They don't call him gruesome Gavin Newsom for nothing

[@pattysanchez5120]

California needs a Republican Governor ASAP!!!

[@nbaoldgirl]

Preach

[@tomb7942]

A REAL one, not another Arnie.

[@user-je8fz3oh3k]

Have you seen the red states in out country? They are usually the highest crime rate and use more government programs. Look it up.

[@davekinghorn9567]

The entire CA legislature, State & Federal, needs to be laid off. But they'll be re-elected. Watch.

[@mansfieldfamily5389]

Republicans aren’t better usually. They’re war mongerers. We need people to stop voting for parties and vote for independent candidates

[@Alex.McManus]

These people definitely failed economics class and were given a pass.

[@benwalters4808]

This wage is relevant globally, fox has you convinced that a low income of 20 per hour is astonishing. This is a barely livable wage.

[@youtubesucks1499]

​@@benwalters4808 Ben, entry level jobs like being a McDonald's cashier isn't intended to support a family on. It's a job a 16 year old with no skills, experience or education can get to enter the job market. Why would any business pay a no skill required employee $20 an hour? MSNBC has told you everyone deserves a "living wage" and CEO's are stealing your wealth.... lol. That's a lie. You aren't entitled. You aren't entitled to be paid more than your labor is worth to a business. Why do you think a top tax attorney makes 900k annually? Why do you think a cashier makes $15 an hour? It's the value they bring to a business.

[@QuantumMechanic_88]

The idea was , Raise the minimum wage and get more income tax revenues . A seriously stupid idea.

[@williamgibb5557]

​@@benwalters4808higher costs everywhere, food, fuel ,rent, taxes, education, means paychecks not big enough. It's greed in a vicious circle. Real name, INFLATION.

[@user-oe5ey3ex8b]

If socialists understood economics they wouldn't be socialists. As for this, one positive will come from it. More people will stop eating garbage fast food and start cooking for themselves.

[@NGMonocrom]

It's not the new law causing layoffs. It's the employers who don't want to pay employees a living wage.

[@omarmartinez1215]

It's greed not a minimum wage issue.

[@russelltate1394]

And Gruesome Newsome's Nightmare continues

[@atg1338]

And you hate spewing maga people keep posting your hate.... It's absolutely disgusting how you can hate on another american.

[@encinobalboa]

Meanwhile, Gav's restaurants do not pay $20/hour. He is the worst kind of hypocrite.

[@rosalindrajaratnam1836]

What to expect, Nancy Pelosi 's nephew

[@vectorphoenix5992]

Mind you, they are luxury restaurants with high prerequisite standards of getting hired, like culinary skills and experience with a degree in culinary arts, yet they make less than $20 if not $16 minimum wage.

[@indianatarzan8001]

@@vectorphoenix5992 I was wondering why they didn't just raise minimum wage for everyone. Now I know.

[@renesandoval1454]

On the plus side I know many people that are quitting their jobs that make less than $20 an hour so they can work at Mcdonalds.

[@Jonathan-pr1wo]

@@renesandoval1454I figured that’s what was going to happen. Doesn’t make sense to work anywhere for less than $20 now.

[@johnwojtas1155]

Newsom must be proud of his self putting all these people out of work

[@davidkrausell1741]

With current rent & food prices in California their min wage should be $25 per hour. The cost of living in CA is outrageous!

[@douglasharbert3340]

The cost of living in a liberal "utopia". You voted for it. Enjoy. 😉

[@yaegermeister4307]

you can raise the minimum wage to 50 an hour and that becomes your new economic floor in the state.. which would spiral rents even higher .... do you not understand that? its economics 101.. you dont need a minimum wage.. you need less taxes/building permit costs.. regulations etc creating better incentives to have more supply being built. also cutting out state income tax would put another huge chunk of your paycheck back into your pocket

[@estevan007]

​@@yaegermeister4307 sounds like you are arguing for lining up the pockets of the wealthy and few with more opportunity to fatten their gains versus actually giving a sh it about the non wealthy majority, average and below average means Americans who are struggling to afford basic quality of life in all of the country, not just CA

[@John_Ripper]

continuously raising rages isnt the answer!!! omg. This is what got u to this problem in the first place. consider the rest of the country instead of ur little bubble. many states have less than half that minimum wage. the more u fight to create a wage disparity gap between u and the rest of the country the more problems u are going to have with everything. homelessness, drugs, crime, desperation. Get ur governers to lower costs instead so it matches with the rest of the country. ur literally asking to pour gasoline on the fire. ur treating the symptoms not the cause. its like an addict treating his withdrawal symptoms, instead of quitting drugs they jsut take more. Zoom out. You did a good job at recognizing the problem. Now zoom out and see that the solution isnt to keep voting for dems to raise min wage in ur single lonely state, while raising taxes for programs that are mostly corrupt and feeding the rich more money and helping no one. u know the joke on how the military will spend 10,000 on a backpack? that is the equivilent of california social programs. How many billions of tax money have been spent already for the problem to only get worse? open your eyes. ur destroying urself.

[@UncommonSense1776]

If a $20 minimum wage in CA is such a good idea, then why was it not created for everyone in CA, including those trimming the governor’s lawn?

[@janstefanflores2624]

That Gov in imo has not considered their economic team😂. A wise governor should have listen both voices but not here. Why? The results are taking over by the news themselves. I feel sorry. But America, I hope you wave that flag again. Your fallen comrades have man up, not this woke BS.

[@TruthFiction]

Because lawn care companies don't make billions in profit every year, unlike fast food chains.

[@mustangecoboosthpp3869]

@@TruthFiction The majority of the fast food restaurants are owned by a local family and were purchased as a franchise, the parent company has nothing to do with them outside of allowing them to use their name and controlling the products they use and how they prepare the food, you have no clue how any of this works. These local restaurants are not making billions of dollars in profits.

[@darkknight097]

​@mustangecoboosthpp3869 Those are the type of people that continue to vote for this crap. Absolutely no idea wtf they are talking about. Smdh its insane

[@Wary_Of_Extremes]

Or employees at restaurants he and his friends have financial interest in...

[@user-fi5wz5si6o]

Now they want to force the four day work week , so even at $20 dollars per hour minimum wage, nobody can afford groceries.

[@DigitalYojimbo]

It's divide and conquer, keep bringing in more immigrants to force 4 day work weeks

[@carloswater7]

When that Guy said "this $20.00 minimum wage is helping corporations" that is not true. A lot of businesses in California are shutting down because off high taxes and expensive items they buy in order to make their products.

[@stephenfreid6200]

Liberial Mentality, Liberial Math, Everyone Looses...

[@src1609]

But California keeps electing people like Newsom and they will never stop.

[@ChrisYoung-zo4md]

I dint think that the people elected him……

[@musicteacher5757]

He was selected by the people counting the votes

[@keeluo2188]

Maybe they didn’t but since the Democrats owned the Voting system here in California, I am thinking that they rigged the election in their favor every time. For example, here in California, still under Covid Protocol, they literally sent out millions and millions of mail in ballots whether a person asked for it or not. They placed these magic Drops Boxes every where with no security at all and you could literally vote 3 weeks before the Election Day. Where I lived, the county even offered you Uber rides, of course at Taxpayer expense, on Election Day to go to vote.

[@AAPSG]

@@ChrisYoung-zo4md His reelection was probably rigged

[@sharonevans1257]

Not all Californians voted for Newdome

[@Steve-qf8vt]

Pretty soon fast food will come out of an automated kitchen with no employees.

[@RepublicConstitution]

Absolutely

[@joeshmoe-rl7bk]

then it will take ten IT techs to maintain the kitchen.

[@Evilslayer73]

indeed

[@kushkingla7385]

They will need one/two employees for problems, resets/restarts and other problem solving jobs. They will not go to an unskilled 45yo.

[@kyos8462]

Soon...lol decades away chief, robotics have come a long way but it's not there yet

[@RationalGaze.BingChillin]

The pressure from Above and below is crazy.

[@callesierra]

What did someone say “ when you leave the inmates in charge of the sanitarium”. That’s CALIFORNIA.

[@plively3736]

Min wage went up in CA but did you know that Newsom's own businesses are not paying more than $16.00 an hour. Why?

[@jaf8969]

He's a HYPOCRITE! DUH!!!!

[@user-tl7mj2bm4m]

@@jaf8969 Worse than that..he's a Dem and a Lib.

[@KingdomKeys53]

Bread bakers are exempt

[@vectorphoenix5992]

Worse he owns an expensive restaurant that should pay workers above minimum wage considering that they had to be above skill level since its employees are all white like it's exempt from DEI that he champions and forces on CA.

[@vikinglife6316]

@@jaf8969 Modern day Pharisee

[@robertoviana514]

Nothing like making people better off by impoverishing them. The stupidity of Politicians is baffling.

[@musicteacher5757]

robertoviana514, I believe a large number of bureaucrats are sociopaths. Sociopaths NEED to harm others. And they're so obsessed that they don't realize they're harming themselves! My adage: Sociopaths really are that stupid.

[@waikintang8246]

Frankly, the stupidity of Voters.

[@safeandeffectivelol]

It's not stupidity. They're taking the country down on purpose.

[@mhods4457]

It's hilarious that at this point you still think it's "stupidity" and not malice.

[@grimfang5023]

Word! Calling it stupidity is giving them and excuse. This is intentionally being done to sell us into global slavery!@@mhods4457

[@youcanthandlemyname7393]

its amazing to me how people dont understand how this works. at 20$ an hour a store with 3 employees needs to make 60$ an hour just to pay the employees. that is not counting the cost for the building, utilities, and ingredients among other things. most rural fast food restaurants are lucky to get 3 customers an hour or 36 customers a day assuming they are open for 12 hours that day. this means that they either need to raise prices so the customers they do get pay them enough to actually keep the business afloat, reduce the amount of employees so they can keep the business afloat without raising prices, or let the business fail. considering prices are already so high that most people cant afford them as is and considering three employees is the bear minimum for any fast food restaurant the only option left is to just shut the businesses in the rural areas down.

[@ZOA360]

Historically the minimum wage was created to hurt workers not help them 😅

[@djc7039]

"CA’s minimum wage law causing mass layoffs" Duh?

[@djc7039]

@@cc1658 well they can't lose money and stay in business, they will be priced out

[@mikeg8494]

The funny thing is that only some people get $20 a hour. Regular minimum wage is still $16 for daily wearhouse workers.

[@djc7039]

@@mikeg8494 It is only "fast food with 60 or more locations nation wide"

[@williambarger8043]

I hate to say it but, no burger flipper is worth 20.00 an hour. And I've done that job.

[@edwardfitzpatrick9363]

The same can be said for a waiter or bartender that makes more money

[@hydraxc2478]

​@@edwardfitzpatrick9363No it can't. That requires running around, memorization, and most importantly, customer service. A burger flipper does none of those. You are wrong, please understand that now.

[@kathymcclain3056]

@@hydraxc2478 Fast food workers can't even get your order correct half the time..

[@NickDrinksWater]

Who even still eats fast food? I havent had any of that in like 8 years

[@williambarger8043]

I know, I haven't had fast food in years either.@@NickDrinksWater

[@frankjrock]

I’m a born and raised Californian, I did my research on Newsom when he initially ran and I told people in my circle about his shady past and his way into politics but most didn’t listen. Now we are here having to work 2-3x as hard as before. California sold out, and the economic state of things is causing the downfall of families, drug addiction, homelessness, rampant prostitution, crime waves and overall poverty. Parents get to work long hours and kids are being indoctrinated by the government. I don’t even consider myself a conspiracy theorist but this is the reality as I see it. Instead of this blind sighted decision they should have invested in lowering the entry point to some businesses or further incentivize fields in the trades or found ways to strength the workforce in a way that more people actually become assets to their companies instead of increasing the wage for minimum work.

[@omarmoran3097]

We can buy food to make at home no biggie. We don't need McDonald’s. Keep raising up prices and making food smaller. I will not buy food from McDonald’s or other fast food chains. That simple. The more you keep your employees and no one buys the more you're lossing money.

[@shAnn0n1]

If you're a restaurant, and you make certain bread, you don't have to raise your minimum wage to $20. Newsom's loophole 4 his friends.

[@mrsleep0000]

I love that it even specifies you have to also sell the bread separately so that Subway wouldn't get an exemption. They REALLY tailored it for Panera since they backdated when you had that practice in place so that restaurants can't just add bread to the menu and get an exemption. And then he has the gall to claim it wasn't just for Panera.

[@safeandeffectivelol]

@@mrsleep0000 Subway just needs to start selling loaves of bread in their stores.

[@Marky-Mark1337]

​@@mrsleep0000 I mean they can start

[@whoogoesthere]

You really do have to wonder just what in the hell Newsom thought was going to happen here? WHY IS THIS PERSON STILL IN OFFICE? Pure insanity!

[@ralan350]

The politicians who pushed this knew exactly what was gonna happen this is a win-win for them either they are collecting more tax money off the fact that the people that still have jobs are making more…… or the people who are now unemployed, are gonna have to depend on government benefits which means the government is now controlling their income either way the government of California wins

[@X_Sigma748]

It's all by design.

[@channelofstuff6662]

Voting is for show. It all theatre to make you think you have freedom of choice.

[@whoogoesthere]

@@channelofstuff6662 It works once there is enough pissed off people that vote, they cannot cheat.

[@LawrenceTierce-pu3by]

It's according to plan. They are timing a depression for after the November elections

[@juangarza9520]

They should pay politicians less to cover the minimum wage

[@michaelfuhrman1275]

as time goes on the $20 minimum wage value decreases immensely.

[@draz9765]

I moved on from working at McDonald's to something better but my friends over there were cheering for their $20 per hour. The next day 1 of them got laid off. How pathetic

[@lvgk8898]

Woke ignorance to not expect layoffs!

[@ILovePizzaAndKFC99502]

Vote this guy out this year please people before it’s too late

[@bassmanjr100]

They won't

[@jediskunk67]

@@bassmanjr100 And they never will!

[@DriftmanX]

As a Californian, I don’t know anyone who voted for him even when he was Mayor of SF. Not sure how tf he got in. Maybe how Biden somehow beat Trump.

[@mariex800]

@@DriftmanX Can't disagree.

[@victormoreno6942]

Listen, you can pay workers six dollars an hour, However, don't charge 3000 dollars a month for a two bedroom apartments. there is way too much corporate greed.

[@Lovelyg11]

As a small business owner, minimum wage increase is the reason I don’t want to hire anyone at the moment

[@markcosenza3274]

Minimum wage was never intended to be a livable wage. It was a wage to get people into the work force who had never worked before. It was assumed people would learn a skill and move on to a better job. I guess all of the good jobs moved to Mexico or China.

[@chuckxu5910]

I live in East Oakland California, it looks like little Haiti 🇭🇹

[@noahname6695]

Minimum wage in the late 70s was a living wage. Not comfortable but you could do it. I know firsthand. IDID IT

[@whatfreedom7]

Unless you’re a druggy.

[@yewliegoh3896]

Good jobs stay in US with the same pay as in Mexico or China.

[@Kauai-OO-80s]

28 a hour was considered living wage in Cali which is probably underestimated. California recently hid the yearly amount they consider poverty level by averaging it with the whole nation. Until recently 25k a year was considered poverty in California but they lowered that to 15k a year(national average)considered poverty for 2024...while everything costs even more for 2024...

[@a92gsxdsm]

People are not gonna pay higher prices for the same product.We will just stop going to those places pretty simple

[@preciousowusu7743]

Exactly.

[@deniseclaeys8295]

Buy an air fryer. Burgers, wings, fries, ribs, hashbrowns, etc with better ingredients for pennies on the dollar. And it's fast.

[@KingdomKeys53]

Who is going to pay $20 for freeze dried beef out of a sack?

[@atg1338]

Blah blah blah... F A T will keep going

[@farokhetemadieh1608]

Can not find basic home insurance in this State. Is this poor leadership or what?

[@amedina1665]

The whole idea is to tax more the workers and not the companies.

[@andrewordog4397]

The more you make, the more they take.

[@DuraDigi]

Exactly

[@Kr0nicDragon]

Until you make a billion then they look the other way

[@user-ve4ig6pw1s]

@@Kr0nicDragon Guess who pays MOST of the income taxes in this country? Top tier earners, that's who. Even if you tax top tier earners at 100%, the national debt STILL won't go away. The government has a SPENDING problem, and until that's addressed, nothing will change. There are WAY too many handouts to people who are just too lazy to work. This country was founded on SELF-RELIANCE. No one owes anyone a "right to live", people have to work for it.

[@user-ve4ig6pw1s]

It is possible to change your withholding on your tax forms. You can make it so you get more of your money, and either get a small refund, pay a small amount, or owe nothing. Why let the IRS get more of your money so you can get a refund? Does the IRS pay interest on your money when you give them too much during the year? Hell no.

[@Ronniejamesleo]

Used to be the middle class. But they are non existent now ​@@user-ve4ig6pw1s

[@CrustyAbsconder]

Why don’t politicians make minimum-wage??

[@Enrolled.Native]

THEY COULD BUT YOU LAZY AMERICANS WONT FIGHT TO CHANGE IT

[@dinofalcone6645]

Cause their not worth it 😂😅🤣

[@gigis.6813]

Most politicians are already wealthy to begin with. It costs millions of dollars to get run and get elected.

[@DrDangerPuppy]

Because they voted in raises for themselves.

[@thetarotroomforsaggiesandcappy]

Because minimum wage jobs are for minimum skills jobs. They're entry level position jobs. Jobs that you gain experience through, NOT DEPEND ON for life!!! We knew that until 2020

[@zachkatsihtis4152]

When it comes to Governing a state, there should be a book on how NOT TO THINGS… with pictures and captions of the very people who are absolute failures and have ruined or are ruining your state. Gavin Newsom should be ranked number 1 on this list…

[@omarsharifi2587]

Its not an increase in minimum wage that's causing mass layoffs. It's s the increase of cost of living & goods -> increased demand for raising minimum wage -> inceeased layoffs.

[@maximusdecimusmeridius8888]

Every time they raise minimum wage EVERYTHING ELSE GOES UP!!!!!

[@zicario3030]

Would you work for 16???

[@Lion_heart103]

@@zicario3030a teen will. Someone taking care of a family, go find a good paying job.

[@mikeyrose4183]

Every time BUSINESSES raise prices, all wages must go up!

[@werearethedreamteam3724]

That is the key.They want humans to suffer at any cost

[@lionelwhiskerknot]

Fast food and waiters are temp jobs. They aren't meant for careers. They are meant to get your foot in the door for bigger jobs and pocket cash. Small business doesn't have the money or insurance to pay those kind of wages.

[@teresaalford5978]

You people voted him in office, then revoted him with a recall, so you get what you ASKED FOR!!!!!!!!!

[@bills.1390]

Make sure you say "you Democratic voters" are getting whet you asked for. Republicans voted against him three times, we are just outnumbered.

[@MaxsonAtTheFort]

I voted for Larry Elder only to have a letter in the mail saying I filled out my ballot “incorrectly” and when I called the number I got no answer and I received a replacement ballot 2 weeks after Newsom “won”

[@MaxsonAtTheFort]

@@bills.1390We’re not as outnumbered as you think trust me. The Dems just cheat very bad here in California.

[@username1957af]

This idiot was voted into office fair and square like Biden got 81 million votes.

[@adeledorman6447]

Talk to demo craps not 'you people'

[@bkampi2622]

If fast food becomes too expensive, people just won’t go

[@mikeg8494]

Im sorry, but im always in favor of people making more money. This time, it backfired. Everyone got laid off and those companys still raised there prices. Do you really think someone working in a wearhouse for $16 a hour is going to buy fast food now when the meals cost $20? Imagine if they have a family, u waste a whole day and half pay for crappy food. Smh California.

[@bugeyev8]

get this guy out of office !!!!

[@EverydayTJ]

Newsom for president

[@mtvwasted]

@@EverydayTJnewsom for prison*

[@luzesquivel2660]

Now!!! Not TOMORROW. NOW."

[@dominick5886]

@@EverydayTJyou’re a complete moron

[@bfranco1519]

As a 20 year resident of California, I can’t wait to get out this state. It’s become beyond frustrating as well as expensive…

[@chuckinhouston9952]

Why are you still there? I hear this from California people frequently, but they don’t leave. Why?

[@brianvanwagner4802]

Your right. It is expensive subsidizing red states. Maybe California should do a little less of that. Let's see how it works.

[@nbaoldgirl]

@@chuckinhouston9952Omg we pay more for everything compared to other states. We literally can’t afford to live let alone move. Moving is expensive and a lot of us can not save up!

[@nbaoldgirl]

@@chuckinhouston9952I used a grocery app to compare what I pay for groceries around me to people at the same stores in Florida and we pay more for every single food item I looked up… and that is just the food-a basic necessity so please stop wondering why Californians can’t all move away. Just use your imagination.

[@NickDrinksWater]

Please stay there, it's getting WAY too crowded where Im at, and the whole state is turning liberal now. I really want to leave

[@DiscoMan328]

My local Dennys had one employee yesterday!

[@aerynreynolds8500]

This shows that there is a problem with the restaurant industry. These workers need to be able to make a livable wage. I grew up working as a chef for 10 years and had to switch my career because I could never make enough to support myself.

[@conqueringlion420]

Already deleted my Starbucks,McDonald’s and pizza apps the day of the raises. They forgot one little thing in business, the consumer has the power to say NO!

[@kailaniandi]

So you've been supportive of these businesses for a while? Don't worry about it. They're only firing the Democrat voting hair color/transformers etc. All the good people are still employed.

[@GormSiggurdson]

you're right the consumer can say no but... you got bigger problems is you had all those fast food apps on your phone.

[@sanjo4087]

@@GormSiggurdson😂😂😂😂

[@dasbaus6647]

@@GormSiggurdson You sure about that bud? Two kids, one with special needs and a very picky appetite, I have almost 10 apps for places near me, took about 4 years to try them all out. Maybe like me, they live in a business district.

[@kayla_white01]

Yeah how dare food workers make enough to afford to live 😒

[@tomallen7699]

It's easy to award someone $20.00/ hour, especially when it's someone else's money...

[@rmp661CA]

Oo they know what they’re doing jack up prices and F the workers

[@nessie42786]

Didn’t see that coming. It’s almost like they planned it.

[@TM-li7bl]

Waiting to leave CA until next year when we retire!!! Crazy politicians and people who won’t stop voting for these losers!!!

[@yuckabuster]

Please don't come to Montana, everybody else did, and now it's too expensive for locals to live here.

[@fredhi2912]

One reason we left San Diego, CA on 20 June 2020.

[@bonniegalusha1693]

Don’t bring bad voting to other states

[@WaydeFerguson-ll5pf]

You think. What do you think was going to happen. Get rid of Newsom. lost his mind.

[@guitarman181]

When I was a kid my parents said to go to school or learn a trade because you don’t want to flip burgers your whole life, now fast food workers want 20 plus an hour. Those jobs were for young adults not to raise your family on, they require little to no skill and the low pay was an incentive to get out and move on.

[@520Soul]

Don’t you all remember the $15 dollars minimum wage? MCDONALD meal cost $13-$15….

[@SwiperTheFox-sz3sw]

$20 an hour and they’re still on their phones giving you an attitude and the ice cream machine still doesn’t work.

[@yayatest7878]

Ur sad miserable person lol.Hateing on the poor to help the rich.get over urself Ur porbbaly the most miserable person alive at work and people dont i mean probably so conplaim about u

[@PerfectlM]

Stop going to McDonalds and go to the gym instead.

[@SwiperTheFox-sz3sw]

@@PerfectlM a ninja just wants an ice cream cone

[@Vikyasecret]

😂😂😂

[@sterlingarcher74]

You’ll see the effects from this soon enough. More understaffed restaurants/chains and less operating hours. They’ll do anything to keep from paying employees overtime and you can say goodbye to any place being open 24 hours.

[@richardclifton4120]

I have avoided Fast Food for almost 2 years now. Good Luck getting me to support them at all.

[@Always_Thinking]

No fast food for 25 years due to allergies! Not really a bad thing though 😂😂

[@beekeeper8474]

So it's okay for government to target with unfair laws?

[@jacobew2000]

IT also affects your local grocery stores, and other stores. You will see less workers there too.

[@Always_Thinking]

@@jacobew2000 Any word on Panera needing to comply with the $20/hour? Friend of GN!

[@flynnstone3580]

I totally quit fast food and restaurants at the beginning of the pandemic and been eating at home healthier for less ever since.

[@akinumber1]

Lived in California my whole life. I see “Now Hiring” signs everywhere.

[@maximusaugustus6823]

I would never tip if the waitress gets $20 per hour

[@truckinfam2207]

Gruesome Newsome couldn’t manage a hot dog cart 😂😂😂

[@atg1338]

It's so mind boggling just how classless and hateful you maga people are. It's absolutely disgusting!

[@caronlittle3539]

California has a state tax, health tax, unemployment tax, and higher taxes on property and sales. How do people exist out there?

[@sirwixalotful]

Se don’t wear dying

[@Player676-vw8rr]

We live on the sidewalk

[@whitesnake1439]

Don't forget the highest fuel taxes and ridiculous fees for cans and bottles and bags too

[@IrishAnnie]

They live on the streets, in their cars, ect.

[@sherryfarkas-gz1bi]

Maybe lowering all those taxes might help!!!

[@DesignedByMayo]

I was offered to $15 an hour to manage two fast-food restaurants and the owners was clearing $375,000 in after tax profits from each restaurant. The rest of the staff was making the federal minimum wage of $7 an hour. So states have to raise standards when restaurants and companies don't on their own.

[@allison.guy6673]

20 bucks an hour, and they still can’t get your burger right at the drive thru.

[@kjemma]

Thats just one of many issues with mandatory minimum-wages. Most of those workers doesnt provide enough value trough skills and productivity to warrant salaries of 20 dollars plus an hour. Labor competes with 3 things. 1. Capital. 2. Automation. 3. Customers willingness to pay (the market). What happends is a sort of mixed respons. The result will be less customers, more automation, and more emphasis on capital intensive investments, as opposed to invest in people and workers. How this is supposed to benefit workers over time, only Gavin knows.

[@TruthFiction]

@@kjemma What you all don't seem to understand is that $20 an hour still doesn't provide enough income to actually afford to live in any of the cities in CA. A studio apartment can go anywhere from 1200 to 3000 a month, and those aren't even in the best neighborhoods or the best apartments. When you claim that they don't deserve 20 an hour, you are basically saying that you would rather see them homeless because when it takes 4 people to combine their income to get a small apartment, that's not living, that is existing and YOU SHOULD LIVE THAT WAY BEFORE YOU CONDEMN OTHERS TO.

[@lildad559]

@@TruthFictionwhat you fail to understand is that raising the minimum wage only increases cost of living so people that vote it in are essentially voting to be in a perpetual struggle circle instead of actually working on problems

[@lildad559]

⁠@@TruthFictionalso yes you dont deserve to make a living off an entry level job that requires no skill you flipping burgers at McDonald’s isnt akin to those of a chef in a restaurant if people werent so lazy most of those people wouldnt have a job anyway america relies to heavily on fast food

[@Samurai31631]

@@TruthFiction It’s not that people don’t deserve $20/hr, it’s that the job isn’t a $20/hr job. You do realize that making everything more expensive is going to make it harder for people to afford basic things, right? I agree that stuff is expensive. Raising the price on that stuff doesn’t make it easier (which happens when the minimum goes up). $30/hr isn’t a living wage either. Imo, businesses are greedy (charge a lot and pay workers little).