California's Wage War: $20 per hour salary

[@timr.2257]

Any fast food combo that costs more than $10 is a ripoff.

[@Chicago48]

Just don't go to the restaurant. Learn how to cook the same foods at home.

[@codelessunlimited7701]

But the central bank and the government has been printing money though, it is impossible to have $10 fast foods.

[@Mayo7821]

welcome to california

[@Zakary749]

Who tf gave you pricing power?

[@StealthNinjaX2]

its worst than that now, its $10 for only the burger alone in many places

[@the_hammie_matt]

I worked as an EMT in California and got paid less than fast food workers. I made $17.20/hr.

[@ironboy3245]

Sounds like emt should be paid more

[@twinn3628]

I have been working for Federal since 2017 i get paid less than 23 dollars per hour!

[@KewlBrown]

@@ironboy3245they should but only problem is that it’s a very high demand competitive job that a lot of people do. They will find someone to do it since it’s required to do some EMT work to be a Doctor and any higher medical position.

[@hallak65]

if fast food worker can fight for their raise, why wouldn't you? Or just go and flip burgers

[@KewlBrown]

@@hallak65 because then health insurance will increase even more for everyone

[@cokikillide5855]

Raising the wage didn't fix the high cost of living issue. Rent is too damn high. Fix the real issue. Also, 1 in 3 American eat fast food everyday!? WTF

[@worstusername22]

Maybe rent control was the better move than messing with wages

[@henrygreenwood3927]

That's stat is incredible. If a third of all americans do that. It probably means that they have the inability to cook for themselves. Which is a huge problem.

[@Microarmor007]

​​@@worstusername22Rent control is never the right move. It's government theft of land. It's a big country with plenty of cheap places to live. Consider moving somewhere better. If enough people did this, demand would go down and rent would be lower for those remaining while those who move have significantly lower rent too.

[@analienfromouterspace]

@@Microarmor007 Tell that to 50% of idiots in your country, the next you know, you are no longer a friend of them. You can not explain complex economic to a goddamn burger flipper, those people are fucking slaves to a system of zombie companies.

[@adammr7097]

Still better to earn 20$ than 12$ per 1 hour. Step into right direction.

[@PatrioticAmerican45]

$20 an hour and they still get our order wrong

[@denim99987]

@@PatrioticAmerican45 This does happen a lot. Drive thru McDonald’s just missed a quarter pounder. And the order was only 3 sandwiches and McNuggets. Check your packages before you leave drive thru folks. They had to notice they missed it too. Even when one pays on credit these places never credit the charge for the missed delivery. Theives. Just some kids running the place. Want higher pay too.

[@carlagold8589]

Most of them, don’t speck English! I was at a Taco Bell, and ordering lunch for my workers, and some idiot come on and he could not understand English ! How doesn’t these food place put a Spanish speaking fool at a drive thur window, in Lakewood , California ? That’s it, I am done going to Taco Bell a time soon!

[@jinsu0504]

If youre planning to increase minimum wage, increase wages across thr board...the higher wages dont grow at thr same rate...wtf

[@Captaine_Crunche]

20 an hour is still not nearly enough for the BS they put up with, also just dont go if you dont like it, its trash food anyways.

[@Interlocutor67]

Either increase wages or control prices of basic necessities like food and housing.

[@veritas3179]

I stop buying fast food. Solved all issues and eating healthier.

[@tentam1982]

Who forces you to eat the whole meal??

[@aj2160]

Pretty hard to eat healthy in the USA because of all the toxic ingredients in our food that the US sees no problem of us consuming toxic ingredients…… think about it, the unhealthy foods have wayyyy to many ingredients and most of them are bad and yet they are cheaper than the healthier foods that have far less ingredients and yet those are the most expensive food to get and they only require the basic ingredients that only has like 3 or 5 ingredients which it should be cheaper since they don’t use much ingredients but the ones that have a lot of ingredients are cheaper? Doesn’t make any sense like think about it!

[@BlakeRees]

@@tentam1982 LMAO you think the amount of the food is the problem?

[@tentam1982]

@@BlakeRees Sure no. people can learn and self control , the pig 🐷🐷🐖 can't control themselves, so the 🐖 eat as much as they can. True Human will stop 🛑 when they know " if i eat more, than it bad for my healthy".

[@HabibTheHeeb]

They want $20.75 now. It was on the news today

[@denim99987]

Well of course.

[@ap774]

It will hit $26 in a couple of years, mainly because Disneyland pays $19 now and the unions have just agreed to Disneyland’s proposal to increase it to $26 in a couple of years.

[@RexDavis415]

Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.

[@jillthinksimabreakfasttaco4904]

When minimum wages go up, so does the cost of doing business, which drives the price of goods. In the end, this does nothing. Adults should stop treating a job in fast food like it's a career.

[@shelbynamels973]

Well, it has a built-in COLA. The federal minimum wage does not, that's why it has been stuck at the same level for decades. Clearly, California learned that lesson.

[@guslevy3506]

A fast food job is not a career for an adult…it’s a starter job for young people. Customers go to fast food joints for the convenience and low price…take out the low price and soon no fast food joint will exist..

[@anamegoeshere]

i don't know if you are old enough, but remember when mcdonalds had a "DOLLAR MENU" i remember those days

[@ryder4508]

Bla bla bla. Keep on repeating the same old trope. You're just addicted to 💩 food and want something to blame the high prices on.

[@raymondlin8728]

Adult, foreigner, no English, no skills, have no choice. Would u prefer they stay home and collect welfare instead?

[@anamegoeshere]

@markwred ohhh yeah i remember that too... lol NOW i want a big mac. dang it

[@omarfernandez4995]

Your dumb a job is a job i own apartments overseas and still work a minimum wage job Due to having no responsibilities im 32 married and living great takes care of my costs of living while my investments goes to savings i bet you live with your mommy still

[@BlueEyedAmerican]

I just crockpot at home, cheaper in the long run. 40$ makes lunches for a week.

[@Mayo7821]

yeah but crockpot doesnt taste the best

[@BlueEyedAmerican]

@@Mayo7821 depends on what you put in it.

[@1flash3571]

@@Mayo7821 Wha???? I don't think you know how to cook.....Sheeeez.

[@Mayo7821]

@@1flash3571 crockpot taste so bad

[@Mayo7821]

@@1flash3571 its the worst way you can cook chicken besides boiling

[@oceanpacific886]

And now MCD is thinking about abandoning California 😂😂😂

[@teodosiomeza]

imagine small business owners, they are done. They either raise the prices of all the services and products, or by bye.

[@The_world_is_not_worthy_of_Him]

@@teodosiomeza It's what they get for voting demonrat. 🤷

[@mimiurbina3323]

By giving them a $20 raise now the foods gonna be more expensive And it's going to spread like cancer to other industries Other people are gonna want to make more now And if other industries start doing it Then the price of everything is gonna go up too To match what people are making now Our governor sucks can we switch him with the governor of Florida😂😂😂

[@davidmoore5004]

InandOut Burger left Oakland, California, but the reason was that the crime was too much for them. 😂

[@jamesmeagher7912]

McDonald's will be closing in other States too!

[@derylhenriquez2962]

Gavin Newson is sinking California

[@tonyponce1547]

The first quarter of the year, McDonald’s made a prof 1,9 billion dollars here in California, so isn’t it fair that the workers are doing the job to get a fair wage?

[@stevemartin7464]

@@tonyponce1547 I sort of agree, but you must remember that the person who opens a restaurant takes all of the risk. I try to pay my staff as much as I can, I even paid them 100% through Covid because I know they have families, it put me into debt but I have since recovered, but I am the one taking the risks so you have to take that into account. There is a strange feeling that business owners somehow resent paying their employees, I really have not met anyone who real;ly thinks like that.

[@israelmartin8413]

​@tonyponce1547 The corporation around the world made that money. The restaurant itself is owned by a franchisee. Franchisee are the ones struggling.

[@TheSmark666]

Fifth largest economy in the world LULZ

[@The_world_is_not_worthy_of_Him]

demonrat voters got that in the bag, spewcum is just a face.

[@garystar1592]

Something is wrong when flipping burgers pays more than risking your life as a EMT/PARAMEDIC

[@ucankushincorporations1318]

maybe you should pay EMTs more?

[@hedga001]

Very true. 🤡

[@djjosham]

Hey man one burn on your hand and you won't be able to use your fingers in a week that's deadly if is your good hand that satisfy your self at home so some more consideration for them 😂

[@JaronPope]

​@@ucankushincorporations1318or pay fast food workers what they are worth

[@December221995]

Nah, supply and demand

[@cwilson000]

The governor pushed the raised minimum. Wage tondo 2 things. Gain tax revenue and shut down fast food places.

[@albrokenomoney2127]

Adding to your point, most people in fast food are on welfare and higher wages lowers tax payer welfare for them. SEIU scumbags and Newsom just screwed a lot of people 🤣

[@mackmckinney9517]

Is he paying his staff in his restaurant?

[@wlonsdale1]

@@mackmckinney9517 Not $20 an hour

[@tentam1982]

And low income people can't get cheap food( and fast).

[@royhi1809]

GAVIN DESTROYED CALIFORNIA! GOOD LUCK CALIFORNIA

[@shine-on-tv8082]

It's not Gavin it's the people that control him 😊

[@asullivan4047]

Glad to have had the good fortune to have spent quality time there last century-!!!🤗

[@jamesodell3064]

He wants to be President so he can turn the rest of the country into California.

[@Shortie5-1]

Democrats democracy pushing socialism so everyone has equality of life. America will end unless we vote them out!

[@craigmoss4052]

I think our society has had an unwritten contract that working at fast food was an entry level job for youngsters that got their work permits so that they could get their feet wet in the labor market while earning a little spending money for those new shoes, a night out to the movies or to save up for that first car. The oldest person working were the shift managers. Fast-forward, we now have 30-50 somethings with full blown 3-4 kid households that are demanding pay equating to jobs that require entry level skilled trades, some certification, or that may be mentally or physically demanding.

[@jillthinksimabreakfasttaco4904]

Yep. And while they increase minimum wages for fast food jobs, this increases wages across all other industries because they must compete with fast food. This increases the cost of doing business which is what drives price hikes on all goods and services. In the end, raising minimum wage solves nothing. 30-50s hoping to make a career out of fast food need to do better for themselves and get a real job.

[@craigmoss4052]

​@jillthinksimabreakfasttaco4904... and eventually, these workers are going to price themselves out of a job when owner's begin to use technologies that will replace them.

[@KellyAlbright-tg9kz]

Yep. And it prevents those who could learn the food industry from gaining entry due to being priced out but try telling that to the left...

[@yourmommashouse]

It’s so refreshing to see that other people have a brain that functions .

[@yourmommashouse]

@@craigmoss4052just like Amazon workers

[@joeswanson733]

$21/hr proposed for 2025 $22/hr proposed for 2026

[@hrhtreeoflife4815]

Excellent

[@jillthinksimabreakfasttaco4904]

$50/2035

[@ndorobei4391]

$100 for 2045

[@shelbynamels973]

No, proposed is $20.75. There is a hard cap on the COLA. Nothing is proposed for 2026 because the inflation figures for 2025 won'[t be in until June that year. Please correct your error.

[@The_world_is_not_worthy_of_Him]

Why stop at 21 or 22? Why not just make it 200/h or 400/h? Why even have a limit at all 🥴🥴🥴

[@stvargas69]

When I entered the work force decades ago fast food was considered a starter job. Not a career, a way to pay the rent or raise a family. It was there to put money in your pocket while you go to school to learn a trade or a profession. Getting paid higher wages to do a task that you can do at home is backwards.

[@RexDavis415]

Well said, I worked in the food industry when I was in college. What's next? You need a degree to flip burgers? This is ridiculous.

[@truther001]

All true, however, there are millions of unskilled people in Cali with few or no skills. Lots of blame to go around for this.

[@shelbynamels973]

@@truther001 all these unskilled, non-fluent people need to make a living, too.

[@ryder4508]

You're delusional if you think 20.00 per hour can support a family in California. It's barely enough to rent a room.

[@Executor009]

This.

[@MarkovianMan]

In-N-Out pays *more* than the $20/hour required, yet charges less than the competition, always has lines out the door, is not cutting back staff or automating, and is making plenty of money. It's not about the minimum wage. It's about how poorly the other business are run, and poorly run businesses deserve to go out of business.

[@bigpapa2195]

Theyre not pooely run its a different business structure, in n out is privately owned and all the decisions are made by the ceo, the others are publicly owned companies who answer to shareholders who expect a certain amount of profits and if those arent achieved the ceo is replaced

[@Homer-OJ-Simpson]

It’s a little of everything and you know it. You do need a good min wage but I actually think $20 min wage is too high for CA but might make sense in the cities of CA. And not everyone can do what in out does - in n out hires the most talented “low skilled” workers and has them working very hard during their shift. Not everyone in “low skilled” can be that productive.

[@joshualoh499]

In N Out can AFFORD to this because they are not franchisees and the corporation owns all the locations. They have economy of scale on their side. The rest of the fast food restaurants are owned by franchisees, whom are usually smaller and don't have the vast resources In N Out has.

[@uptin]

that's interesting..

[@wlonsdale1]

They raised prices. They only do burgers and fries.

[@artyom9149]

Franchises make money on royalty. They're only hurting businesses owner who owns franchises

[@andyleo8418]

Not true. They get a percentage of the gross sales too. And they sell all the supplies to the franchisees. Less sales hurts them, just not as much as the franchisees.

[@hiroipip]

obvious you never run a business , at least not in F&B​@@andyleo8418

[@danielcarmona9243]

Won’t they just raise prices to make up the difference?

[@1flash3571]

You don't know how Franchises work then....Sheeez.

[@BlueEyedAmerican]

@@artyom9149 they have raised prices

[@akrammasood3480]

Everything will become more expensive if they increase minimum wage. Employers will decrease their workforce

[@uptin]

that is sad if that happens, but let's see how it's going to be by the end of the year.

[@wlonsdale1]

​@@uptinno let's see about. History proves it.

[@rotmgpumcake]

Things have become more expensive even without increase in wages, so why keep the wages the same?

[@hrhtreeoflife4815]

​@uptin Pizza 🍕 Hut laid off all the drivers right before wages jumped from $16 to $20/hr. To put it in perspective, I get a 2 hour shift once a week at Pizza Hut in California. I also work at Ross store where I get paid $16/hour and I get a 4 to 5 hour shift once a week. Between 2 jobs, I make roughly $400/month. To give you an idea 💡 😉 that's WITH A MASTERS DEGREE from CSUF. During the school year, I substitute teach and get a daily rate of $200/day. Overtime pay is only possible if I sub at a middle school or high school and it's $40/hour. Work is on an on call basis.

[@truther001]

@@uptin of course it's going to happen.

[@user-cc5od3zk4p]

Fast food workers will be replaced by robotics and kiosks.

[@asullivan4047]

All part of the diabolically evil😈 democratic party " New World🌎 " disorder ideology syndrome conspiracy theory. To obtain full control of the ( U.S. ) populace.

[@jonnyboyca]

Rubio's didn't close because of $20/hr wages, they closed because their food was crappy.

[@classic.cameras]

but their food has always been crappy...

[@Homer-OJ-Simpson]

So their food use to be good? If not, then your argument is 🗑️ and try again

[@tarrilb]

@@Homer-OJ-SimpsonNo, it was never good food.🤮

[@hgonz14]

Rubios was gross. I always wondered why people ate that garbage.

[@wlonsdale1]

It was great here in AZ. California itself is a craphole.

[@aznracer816]

Its not a career, It's a JOB. No one is telling you to stay there. Its a entry job for high school and college students. You want higher pay, get a skill worth more.

[@asullivan4047]

Exactly what I did-!!!🤗 45-years ago/went to an inspection college/received a degree/had a enjoyable career-!!!😉

[@redfather5342]

Specify

[@AmazingStoryDewd]

You want to learn more than one skill

[@HettesKvek]

Why do they keep hiring middle aged people then?

[@kathieharine5982]

Reduce housing costs.

[@franciscoleiva5187]

The problem is that businesses want to surpass what they made the previous year. They still profits even with the minimum of $20 hourly. Again they just want to see a higher number. They are not happy with what they already made. They are not humble and thats the biggest problem of them all.

[@WoJackHorseman24]

Automation has been happening for decades, and it's coming everywhere, even to places like rural Mississippi with $7.25 an hour wages

[@wlonsdale1]

Ai hasn't been around for decades. Automation like you're talking about is old school.

[@WoJackHorseman24]

@@wlonsdale1 AI has existed for decades, but recent advancements have significantly enhanced its capabilities. It will serve as another tool to further automation, accelerating this ongoing process

[@highbrass3749]

No one makes $7.25 an hour anywhere. Even in Mississippi they get at least $11 or $12.

[@cesarisorio1650]

$20 bucks an hour but sales going down because I don't see myself spending Xtra "ON JUNK FOOD", this is nonsense when a burger flipper makes the same as a school teacher in some cases.

[@fresh-thyme]

20 dollars bucks. 😅

[@hallak65]

the problem is not that a burger flipper earn 20 bucks, but that a teacher earn less. We should pay our teachers a livable wage.

[@HettesKvek]

Why aren't you complaining about the school teacher making more?

[@bitkrusher5948]

Should be illegal to mandate a minimum for just one industry....bunch of bs .I don't eat at those places anyway so boycott is easy!

[@FlyMeAirplane]

Should have covered how McDonald's raised their prices so much that most people stopped going there. Next, your going to need a college degree to flip burgers.

[@johnnywiz101]

Already happening I tried applying for a janitorial position and it says bachelor’s degree preferred, Chicago IL btw

[@gregtaylor9806]

😂 please link that, that job listing will go viral

[@johnnywiz101]

@@gregtaylor9806 unfortunately the listing has now been removed but i have a screen shot of it, the company was walmart btw 😂

[@anthonymeade7345]

You're*

[@internetstudios5536]

It’s so ridiculous, fast food worker is not a career. This job is designed to for young people who ar e in high school or college to gain working skills. It’s not suppose to be a job where you work for a long time

[@alphacause]

Since the industrial revolution, employers have always looked for ways to cut labor costs by using machines to replace human labor. So this new push towards automating low skilled fast food work would have happened, whether the minimum wage was $7.25 per hour or 3 times as much. All the minimum wage hike is doing is accelerating the process.

[@wlonsdale1]

And killing the economy faster. Newsom didn't do this out of the kindness of his black heart.

[@AmazingStoryDewd]

And it makes complete sense

[@hallak65]

and still the workforce just grow since then.

[@d3r3kyasmar]

Now the CEO’s are now poor and struggling to pay next month’s rent. Its all because of the minimum wage hike.

[@SDZ675]

Did you even watch the video? It's the franchise owners that has to front the cost, not the corporation.

[@lifeofrichard]

⁠​⁠@@SDZ675bro. The fast food corporations will not take a cut on their profit. They pass the cost on the Franchises because of the higher cost of labor. So you can blame the corporations for causing this problem.

[@wlonsdale1]

You a fool. Bernie Sanders voter?

[@KellyAlbright-tg9kz]

Franchise owners are small business owners.

[@GhostHunter831]

Dont worry they are corporate they have money + buisness parners

[@centripetal6157]

Lets blame the starving slave workers for inflation instead of the psycopathic CEOs that want every penny

[@adventuresofnategabeandzoe]

How about all the locations that closed as a result? What do those workers now get?

[@centripetal6157]

@@adventuresofnategabeandzoe they get another job that pays actual living wages

[@alexbr550]

Not a good idea. I live in Orange County and have seen many food places shut down. I've talked with people that work in that industry, and they say that they will get the twenty per hour but fewer hours, or they will get the twenty and regular hours as before, but since they are making more, they have to pay more taxes. This is exactly why we need to inform ourselves before supporting a proposition. Did people really think they were going to get twenty dollars without a catch?

[@malik250988]

What more taxes😅. Those taxes are marginal based on income levels. They will always be keeping more take home pay than ever before

[@eternal631]

If you made $18/hour and got paid $720 before taxes for a 40 hour work week, you'd make $800 now. Obviously the taxes are proportional to your income. Make more pay more, but you still take more home.

[@Kevin-oj2uo]

So what do you suggest buddy? Not increasing the minimum wage ever? Business have to be able to adapt and consumers too.

[@jobturkey7418]

Also in oc. Paying our bottom feeders of society 20 an hour is dumb. I saw a girl with her mouth open the whole time. She doesn’t need 20 an hour her diabetes would take her out anyway

[@slickrick876]

​@@eternal631they aren't getting anywhere near 40 hours anymore

[@dobees8183]

Thousands of minimum wage workers were laid off the minute they raised the minimum wage, now they want more? Come to LA, CA, a combo meal costs almost $20 with taxes and all!

[@hallak65]

this is just a lie and you have no data to prove it. During covid more fast food worker lost their jobs and and other industries just pick them up with higher salaries too

[@roachtoasties]

In-N-Out was paying over $20 per hour long before it became the minimum. They're doing OK. That said, probably most of us have worked fast food at some point in our lives. Me included. My first "real job" was at Taco Bell. I lasted about 1 1/2 years. I moved on. If someone wants to make a career in a minimum wage fast food job, that's their decision. My thought, though, is these jobs are stepping stones. Unless you're thinking of being in management, or higher, in fast food, you do need to think about your future outside of flipping burgers. These jobs are young person jobs. When you're young, you can stand all day while hustling in a restaurant. As you get older, that may not be possible. Think about it.

[@thomasshaw61]

Alot ofadultsdon,thavethatchoice,thesedays:Manyaren,t skilledenoghto go to colltge!I amacook atacolege,thankyou very much!I makemore money then those idiotsthatwenttoculinary school and I didn,thaveto go intodebt!Ineverworkedatafastfoodplace:collegeiswhere it,sat:Beneftsareawesome:410k;3monthsforsummerbreak,you cangetunemploymentduring thattime!Medicaldental.Freemeals!5weeksoffforchristmasbreak:Yougetunemploymentduringthattime!1weekofffor springbreak and1weekoffforthanskgiving!Ihavebeentherefor over20years!

[@katydid2877]

And In-N-Out isn’t a franchise.

[@pmg1997]

Since this law passed, fast food prices have shot up, and my wallet has officially gone on strike.

[@Sam-gs7yb]

I hope this closes most fast food businesses it will be a health benefit to the citizens long term crossing my fingers it happens but unlikely

[@dennydude]

But this is also happening in Texas, Florida, ext.

[@ryder4508]

​@@dennydudeDon't bother. That's too much for their brains to comprehend. 😂

[@mucholangs]

Robots automation. Layoffs. More costly food. Fewer customers. More location closures ultimately.

[@chrisaycock5965]

I think the larger thing people seem to forget is how and why we're at this junction point. California has had a problem building adequate housing for generations eventually the elevated cost puts pressure on people to need to get paid more the government puts that responsibility on employers. Employers pass that cost to consumers and that elevates the cost of living in addition to housing then the same cycle starts from the top down. It's the government failing to adequately provide housing for the population the elevated cost putting pressure on every other facet of life. It becomes more apparent when you compare other cities where housing costs have not been as prolific.

[@worstusername22]

I blame 4 decades of boomers in congress that got us here. They live lavishly while the have nots can go screw themselves. Typical sell out corporate boomers

[@user-oy3ok5vr4q]

A big issue is that current home/landowners vote against/file a lawsuit against anything that might make their property value go down.

[@chrisaycock5965]

@@user-oy3ok5vr4q prop 13 in California is a tax shelter provides absolutely 0 incentive to build housing for anyone who owns a home already.

[@Chris-tb1er]

You know all the fast food jobs were starter jobs for high school kids and kids just out of school ! But now since most of the manufacturing jobs are now outsourced to other Countries you think the fast food jobs should take their place !

[@katydid2877]

No, they shouldn’t. Need way more tech high schools, and other opportunities for training and certification and not bozo 4 year worthless nonsense degrees.

[@FxHnd05]

Unless you're a store manager or higher, fast food is one of those jobs that isn't meant to pay a "livable" wage, they're meant for kids in high school or college, or someone looking to pickup supplemental income in addition to their primary income. What did they think would happen when their employers were forced to pay them $20/Hr? These people can't see 5 minutes past their nose. If you wanna make more money, you're gonna have to get your skills up. Period.

[@user58541]

We should be raising the wages of skilled labor, not some wage of some fast food job intended for teenagers. Minorities cause too much problems.

[@zevil89]

This is just market correction. Americans are deluded into thinking that eating out should be an everyday act. It's not. In many parts of the developed world, eating out is reserved for certain occasions. Even in Switzerland, the Swiss often bring their own food to work.

[@M.11-u4k]

Exactly 100%!

[@wlonsdale1]

So what? How does that mean it's somerset of correction? We don't have the same economy They do.

[@shiraishi1]

​@@wlonsdale1lol we american are lazy that's why. We build car centric society and no roundabout,and we just want it fast

[@1flash3571]

You are delusional if you think it is just a market correction....Wow....It is due to the wage hike, Covid, Fuel cost, Perceived shortage, Greed, rise in cost to do business, etc. Blame it on the Democrats for our pain.

[@1flash3571]

@@M.11-u4k Ok, Mr. Delusional.

[@HippieJoe]

I spent $45 ish for 12 large meals for 6 Full days. It was literally $3.75 a meal. I bought: Black Forest Ham 1lb - $5.99 Idaho potatoes 5lbs - $4.29 Whole 12-Grain Bread - $2.99 1 Red Bellpepper - $1.18 A Dozen eggs - $3.79 Simply Orange Juice - $4.19 Premium Chorizo 9oz - $3.79 Bananas 2 lbs - $1.99 Tortillas de Maiz - $3.99 Ice Cream bars(12) - $4.49 Lettuce Head - $1.99 Hot Cheetos Fries - $2.99 Mayonnaise - $2.99 $44.66 + $0.62 taxable items = Grand total of $45.28 If I had bought 12 fast food meals, I would of spend over $100 EASY. I'm just so tired of getting ripped off for low quality garbage.

[@gsst6389]

No shit sherlock, how else you think one makes money? Ingrideints are cheaper and they must be for profits to happend. And no its not a rip off, your paying for someone to cook the meal for you. By your definition the whole capitalism that your beloved US preach so much about is a rip off. Your grocery list cost 10$ and you bought it for 40$ still a rip off? Its not a rip off when you get something out of it.

[@asullivan4047]

I've been doing a lot more home meals myself. If I can learn ( trial & error ) cooking/baking. You can too-!!! Trust me-!!!😉

[@Microarmor007]

Wages go up for a few workers. Workers have more money in their pocket... Then as they have more money, they pay more for rent, gas, and everything else. No net win. Net loss for everyone else this also impacts. As a consumer not seeing my wages go up but am seeing the cost of fast food going up, the situation encourages me to buy less fast food. In fact, regardless of wages, when meals at a fast food restaurant now exceed 15 dollars, I vote with my wallet and don't really visit them any more. Better food value elsewhere. This is unintentionally a win for my health.

[@uptin]

well, I can see your point there..

[@Drumtech08]

Its not about raising minimum wages, ITS ABOUT LOWERING THE COST OF LIFE!

[@ronaldwong6092]

(5) 10,000 + Lost their Job.

[@asullivan4047]

Unfortunately just the tip of the catastrophic job market collapse-!!!😳. Not including millions of illegals crossing the Southern/Northern borders. Being lied to about jobs that never existed. The free hand outs only last so long

[@hallak65]

proof of data?

[@internetstudios5536]

@@hallak65seriously, you didn’t hear about the mass layoffs?

[@hallak65]

@@internetstudios5536 IT sector yes, but we don't talk about IT here. Anyway There is still a lot of IT jobs out there so that 10k ppl found new jobs pretty fast

[@MrRight-fu1gf]

They can make it 50 an hour. As long as landlords can charge 20,000 dollars a month for a studio nothing will change! Keep wages under control but control the price of food and rent! Common sense!

[@bigpapa2195]

Lmao

[@jonnyboyca]

Landlords gotta go

[@ws1814]

Paying for a few more wars and getting as many illegal aliens as possible would definitely help to keep prices under control. 😛😂

[@codelessunlimited7701]

You don't control wages, price and rent. You just distort the market of them, which either consumers would turn down the price or the business would just shutdown.

[@SDZ675]

No one's forcing you to rent a studio for $20000 a months. They can only get away with it because activists and government red tape prevents/delays new construction or repurposing conversions of commercial into residential property. It's easy to manipulate the market with the supply is low.

[@Impozalla]

Even if there wasn't a minimum wage increase of $20 an hour for fast food workers in California, fast food restaurants will continue to increase prices on their food and find other ways to blame for the increase.

[@multiversomc9000]

Most def

[@nobodythenobody9779]

Gov regulations destroyed competition

[@benkenobi2011]

Have you been a business owner? If not you have no idea what you're talking about. They don't deserve that much an hour. And this is coming from someone who worked fast food for years... Our government is responsible right now for the high cost of living.

[@katydid2877]

Then don’t eat there. A small business can’t just eat expense increases.

[@ca8944]

Not true. Those franchises are privately owned and they want to have as many customers as possible

[@joshuawindham9657]

I hate when people say well if you pay them more it’ll hurt business and then we just have to develop things like robotics or whatever. There’s a supply in demand to everything regardless if it’s labor food or whatever and that’s not gonna go away just because there’s a new minimum wage, some stores were closed some stores open up with new offerings higher prices really depends what your competitive Edge is. Considering how costly it is to live in California if the people dine at these restaurants, want to keep The restaurant operating they will need people who are interested and what to develop the business to one day Maybe an owner operator. One day robotics might take over everything regardless of if the person is making 1 million or a zero dollar operational efficiency is always be looked at in order to keep profits going up.

[@bakerkawesa]

They don't need to reduce labor costs. They need to reduce shareholder greed.

[@Jon-yo4wj]

Why shouldn't the shareholder get rewarded for risking their money for starting a business?

[@classic.cameras]

@@Jon-yo4wj because people think communism is good for everyone, even though so many places closed in California and made those employees unemployed.

[@Homer-OJ-Simpson]

@@Jon-yo4wjthis is why these convos fall apart. Each side makes extreme arguments when the truth and best policy is somewhere in between those extreme positions. We don’t need to reduce labor costs but that doesn’t automatically mean $20/hr is valid for the whole state of CA. And we do need investors to be able to profit but there is a point where they are profiting too much.

[@bakerkawesa]

@@Jon-yo4wj Why shouldn't a worker be well compensated for their labor?

[@rorosnusnu2035]

For labor a 16 year old can do? Yeah why? Min wage job do not pay to live off. ​@bakerkawesa

[@ArchangelLeonhartGamer]

Unfortunately even if jobs a are $18-$25 is the new $7.25 and $9.25. As a technical IT agent these wages aren't enough.

[@markdc1145]

Since the $20/hr hike went into effect we decided to boycott all fast food chains. I know others who are doing the same. We now eat cheaper and more healthy. Never going back.

[@tamilarasi-bn6fj]

I'm favoured, $27K every week! I can now give back to the locals in my community and also support God's work and the church. God bless America.

[@mdshaibaz-fo9yp]

How

[@mdshaibaz-fo9yp]

Please who helped you

[@tamilarasi-bn6fj]

It's Mrs Sonia

[@tamilarasi-bn6fj]

You'll surely reach her

[@tamilarasi-bn6fj]

She's active on What's Apk

[@DarrenRivey]

$25 Starbucks coffee by 2025.

[@uptin]

I'll start making my own coffee

[@lowballer101]

People will pay

[@davidchung2203]

The issue is the tax for business

[@jacobrafko7092]

Unpopular opinion but it’s imo long overdue to replace cashiers with machines. I feel bad for the people who lose their jobs but you cannot fight against the takeover of tech. I lost my software job to ai so I get it, but you can’t fight it.

[@handimanjay6642]

10,000 plus lost jobs, businesses closing or leaving the state, prices going up, loss of customers, great idea Gavin. If you think this would raise their standard of living you got it wrong.

[@uptin]

so sad that this is happening

[@hallak65]

proof of data?

[@lookingfordrama01]

$20 PER HOUR EQUALS FIRED😂😂😂

[@osveliquinones8164]

Have u noticed that Home Depot, El pollo loco, Popeyes are encouraging machines as cashiers but the machines go down a lot and are confusing for costumers.😢😢😢😢

[@asullivan4047]

Not yet-???🤔. But I'll make it a point to stop by for a confusing experience-!!!

[@thebigguy5226]

Avoid these places, the food is unhealthy and the prices are ridiculously high for the value.

[@jeovanneramos5066]

They raise the prices of everything else, too, so what was the point of it?what We need is to lower the cost of rent .

[@hahasleepyjokelostforever3797]

Where did they get their studies done? Says who raising minimum wage will lift people out of poverty? Don't they know raising wage/hr leads to reduction of working hours by the company?

[@asullivan4047]

Of course " Bozo " biden 😈 & democratic party😈 surrogates planned it this way.

[@RLDavis-h2h]

20$ an hour is a big chunk of forced inflation. Companies will have to offer less jobs and less affordable food. Impacts noted already...

[@bowebusi]

“We can’t afford to do it” - said the millionaire/ billionaire upset that they can’t buy another house just cause.

[@dustymcdust825]

Are most of you incapable of making a cheeseburger? I was a national award winning executive chef, but damn. I thought it was bad when I realized most of you didn’t know how to cut up a chicken. I’m going to see my 100 year old grandmother this winter and ask her what they did during the depression in Stevens Arkansas

[@goorackerelite]

20 per hour still not enough to live on

[@robertbokke]

U.S. Fast food chains should go full-automation like in Singapore.

[@uptin]

how is it in Singapore?

[@rogueinvestor2375]

Try opening a fully automated location in the hood. See how long it will last.

[@biblemademedoit]

At this point I think California and my state of NY want to destroy their ecomonies. Since we switched to $15 per hour, so many small businesses have closed. Not for profits have been cutting back on services and some have shut down. Healthcare is suffering, cleaning staff cuts is the scariest. The people they were trying to lift out of poverty now have limited full time job options. Most retail is 12 to 15 hours and it is hard to manage 3 jobs to pay bills without a car.

[@Interlocutor67]

If corporations can afford to pay CEOs several million dollars per year why can’t average employees get a living wage? Anything less than a living wage is a slave wage.

[@ca8944]

Slaves don’t earn money and low skilled labor doesn’t deserve more than minimum wage!

[@Rocky-rh3rz]

Soon enough, drive thru's will take orders via remote call center sites, prepare and dispense orders via dispensing machines. The only personnel on site on standby would be armed guards, and for a limited time be supervisors and cooks.

[@jbevolve2024]

How does anyone still live in California post pandemic ?

[@Sam-gs7yb]

😂😂. Stop watching alarmist news, fake news. Look i dont agree with all most of their policies/rules/laws necessarily but it is still the 4/5 biggest economy in the world by themselves. They still have great weather year round. They still have beaches, mountains, rivers, lakes, deserts you can visit in one day. 😂

[@bobbyrivera2951]

@@Sam-gs7ybfor now bud. They keep slipping by the year, Texas will surpass Cali in a few years

[@Sam-gs7yb]

@@bobbyrivera2951 hahaha Tx is hot, humid, flat, boring, bugs, flooding, hurricanes, tornadoes,bad power grid/electric co. Horrific property taxes. Nah keep it. Lol

[@bobbyrivera2951]

@@Sam-gs7yb at least it doesn’t smell like poopy in every corner

[@Sam-gs7yb]

@@bobbyrivera2951 🤣🤣. Dumb dumb not every place is dowtown LA/SF. There are amazing communities all over CA. Stop watching bs news. Visit Irvine, Aliso Viejo, La Jolla, Pasadena and on and on. They are some of quietest, cleanest, safest communities in the US.

[@Alex-vk3zs]

They still can’t live off 800 a week 650 after tax

[@russelljconquerslifehawkey]

Paying somebody $42,000 a year to flip burgers is insane

[@redfather5342]

It's called inflation get use to it

[@WorstPaperCut]

@@redfather5342 its called, dont work in a starter job. Fast food is literally high schoolers. You are an adult, move out of fast food. Imagine being mid 20s and still working fast food. Sounds like a loser mentality.

[@ALWH1314]

This $20 minimum wage is just an excuse for corporate greed. The net profit of fast food chain goes up 14% from 2022 to 2023. In addition, in Southern California you can’t hire anybody less than $20 before this minimum wage took effect.

[@San_Francisco_Downtown_Watcher]

Two McDonald nearby my work and home were closed. Thank you. California! I pay higher prices for food. And workers are out of work

[@uptin]

and with that fast food chains being closed, are other restaurants making their prices high or there's only this expensive restaurants that were left?

[@asullivan4047]

I feel for those whom become unemployed & can't find other employment due to a state government mandated regulations pertaining to higher fast foods pay increases.

[@anthonymeade7345]

McDonald's going out of business is a good thing in my opinion.

[@greyl5696]

Thanks to this raise many places are now shutting down, real smart! Didnt think that all the way thru did ya!

[@uptin]

so sad

[@asullivan4047]

When did the California democratic party😈 in Sacramento ever fully think matters of importance through-???🤔. Not enough electricity to charge those cars. That diabolically incompetent Sacramento encourages the populace to purchase-!!!🙄

[@jasonandoy4740]

Do prices go up even if minimum wage does not goes up? I went to Taco Bell the other night I only ordered two chicken chalupas and it was $13 their prices are ridiculous now

[@yia01]

it not their price, it ur choice of food. u can get 2 chalupas for $13 or get 2 lux box for $14, each lux box come with 1 chalupa, 1 5-layer, 1 double stack taco a desert adn a drink. for 1 dollar more u could have got so much more. 8 items adn 2 drink for just 1 dollar more. or go the cheap route and just get 1 lux box for 7 dollar 1 chalupa, 1 5 layer, 1 taco, 1 desert and 1 drink.

[@asullivan4047]

Why didn't you walk out the door without the order-???🤔

[@RupderDucky]

This might be a good thing. If fast food companies can't afford to operate then fewer people will eat fast food and hopefully that will mitigate the obesity epidemic in the state.

[@unimposings]

WHAT! Kaliforniens Lohnkrieg: 20 Dollar pro Stunde , what is this BS?

[@bCool-sl5cy]

This is German!

[@MrAngryGorilla2000]

I don't think you know what is fully going on in California and The US, there are people who make 100k a year in California and are struggling. Instead of blaming min. wage workers and treating them like animals. It's the people on top who are causing this, but many people don't see that. How can people be so blind to corporate greed?

[@RubenRodriguez-z8y]

It takes me 13 min to make my own burger an cost 6.00 with fries an lemonade. The taste is way better then the fast food restaurant that throw there food with out any thought of tastes and looks. Cook your own food an lose weight doing so as well.

[@remieurena1081]

wage increase then tax increase , apartment rent increase , more homelessness

[@MaxAndDaisy0825]

The whole reason I used to go to these fast food places was to eat cheap, but now for a little more I can go to a better restaurant with better food. Really no point in going anymore.

[@waitme3519]

$20/h in Cali is nothing, everything is expensive

[@axidhaus]

Now it’s twice as much! Good job 👍🏼

[@The_world_is_not_worthy_of_Him]

Libtard policies at work. 🤷🤷

[@anthonygonzales3523]

It’s going to get worst

[@MrAngryGorilla2000]

My dad was making 45 an hour and now is retired. He couldn't afford to live near his work, had to travel 70 miles back and fourth for the last 25 plus years. Now people in the bay area who make a little over 100k a year can't afford to buy groceries.

[@Mr_Game_And_Walk]

"That will raise the minimum wage to $20.00 an hour..." Actually it's: "That will raise the awareness and need on the part of fast food companies to expedite automation..."

[@ali-the-analyst]

$20 in US is like nothing

[@mycodingchannel9690]

@TenFrenchMathematiciansInACoat you need to get a grasp of labor theory of value

[@user-cs9by8jd6l]

alright then can I get 100 $20 please?

[@NikkiRowCoxx]

Depends where you are in the US.

[@uptin]

It's only for one meal now

[@RichardKing-sx6xc]

Open up your own Fast Food Restaurant and pay your works more than $20.00 an hour.

[@KT-jy9oj]

They don’t need that much, they are unskilled labor.

[@joeguzman3558]

The perfect way for fast food restaurants in California is - get out of California

[@SmithsnMoz]

I stopped going to fast food...TOO EXPENSIVE 😅

[@ws1814]

I mean all the factory workers (who were much much more skilled and hardworking than fast food workers) lost all their jobs because it’s cheaper to outsource all that to Mexico and other parts of the world. So now it’s the turn of fast food workers to lose their jobs to automation. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@worstusername22]

Workers are replaced because of Greed. Sometimes it's good to employ good workers and create a good community. That's all long gone now. Corporate boomers outsourced everything. Doesn't surprise me, boomers had the best of everything and screwed it all up with their stupid egos for future generations

[@BenMonares]

It’s ridiculous that they relocate to Mexico. It’s not even safe over there

[@jaybee6318]

I wonder what percent of fast food workers employed when this was implemented have since lost their job and how many fast food businesses have closed as a result.

[@epinlb]

Rubio's is closing way before the $20 raise. Are you serious they could have been the next Chipotle? Rubio's you had your chance it's called capitalism. No one I knows go to Rubio's anymore. Just like Baja fresh. You lost best part of doing business.

[@jvees7916]

Imagine coming to someone else’s country and demanding you get paid more for the same job you.

[@farmerjer9339]

Everyone talks about minimum wages. How come no ones going after a maxium wage. Imagine if the ceo's had to pay the lowest employed at least 10 percent of their salary? So every time they want to give themselves more money they have to pay their employees that much more. Greed... simply greed is controlling everything.

[@Zfancy-d2o]

I don’t really blame people who panic. Lack of information can be a big hurdle. I’ve been making more than $21k passively by just investing through an advisor and I don’t have to do much work. Inflation or no inflation my finances remains secure so I really don’t blame people who panic 😱

[@Zfancy-d2o]

Investing has proven to be an incredibly beneficial decision. My cryptocurrency investment and profits gain are continue to play a substantial in growing overall wealth reducing my reliance on salary

[@vinniechan]

California price is a fair bit higher than London but the minimum wage in the UK is similar to USD20/hr

[@MiguelAngel-tc6ht]

You're comparing a state with 50 million people to a city

[@Homer-OJ-Simpson]

This is TERRIBE comparison. One a city with high cost of living and the other is a state of nearly 40 million with varying degrees of cost of living depending if it’s rural, coastal, Central Valley, etc You should compare LA/SF to London not the whole state

[@roylemmens7321]

Minimum wage needed to go up but not so fast, they needed to start 40 years ago, everything is broken, what can we do, absolutely nothing, sad😢

[@greysonbennett6788]

Why though, working as a fast food worker is not supposed to be a career....

[@uptin]

you got a point

[@ky9616]

You're right but if someone can't even make college tuition on minimum wage then what's the point of the job? Everything should be a stepping stone but if that stone doesn't even get you to the next step then you obviously become trapped. This isn't even to say that most fast food hires are over the age of 25 and obviously have grown bills to pay and families to feed. Perhaps if rent wasn't $2000 nationally including utilities then labor costs could come down.

[@johnnywiz101]

$15.80 isnt gonna pay for college tuition and books, I know because I tried and had to drop out bcz im scared of debt but i saved up 12k and im going back, im still going to work a part time job bcz even then 12k will not be enough, the american dollar is worth chump change nowadays

[@user-sam4465]

People are so entitled they think everything should be cheap

[@dave3657]

Flipping burgers is not intended to give you income to buy a house and raise four children. What California needs to do is tackle the high cost of living, and now the costs of fast food has gone up too. Millions of wasted tax dollars, lack of affordable housing, inefficient government, homelessness and crime are much bigger issues that need addressed.

[@esexavo]

What for the more they can tax us the more money in politician pockets

[@rogueinvestor2375]

Don't forget corruption.

[@killeryhiltons8499]

Don’t worry our gov gives money for wars in the Middle East this is nothing smh. Any job that pay can pay your bills and shelter your kids smh. This is all corruption ova smh.

[@iplyrunescape305]

I agree with most of what you said, but it used to be that you had one person bringing income to home and can raise kids. Just one income. But now you'd need both parents to work, and the kid as soon as they are of age, to work and help pay as well.

[@esexavo]

@@iplyrunescape305 thank the feminist movement, big corporations bought out politicians and women, yay not we are all slaves

[@dusty7264]

It used to be fast food jobs were part time jobs, when you were going to college or to a trade school to prepare for a career.

[@asullivan4047]

Rolled pizza dough for ($ 10.00 ) A night/dinner/pie to take home. (1971-73) while in high school. Received a ( $2.00 ) raise a year later. Rolled my wrists off perhaps 150+ pies (Fri-Sat) 5 till mid night.

[@reubenhoughtailing2412]

The bills in CA is to high

[@uptin]

exactly

[@lalutte65]

They try to make it appear that these people are forced to work at the fast food joints-if you don’t like what they are paying, get a real job. A 35% in crease in labor cost automatically does 3 things, increase prices and as business is lost, reduce staff and eventually shut down as the already financially strapped fast food customer can no longer afford to eat there

[@asullivan4047]

Very good point-!!!😉. High school ecnomics (101)

[@Heli_Junkie]

This is why I've stopped eating fast food. Let them go out of business! Dont bother me at all

[@asullivan4047]

If nothing else-???🤔. A healthy choice-!!!😉. Purchased. 2 for $5.00 + 7% tax. Sausage egg mc muffins Sunday morning. Very edible😋 for the price-!!!😉

[@friendsandfamily100]

Let me debunk this 1. Many fast food workers struggle to make ends meet Rebuttal: Working in fast food is not supposed to be a career. Its a high school job, to pay of student debt, or a stepping stone into corporate. 2. It can help lift people out of proverty Rebuttal: A study in Illinois saw that every time they increased the min wage (3 times), the cost of goods rose within 3 months to nullify the increase in wage 3. Economic boost Rebuttal: No, see Illinos study 4. Labor rights Rebuttal: What rights? Do a job that has a market need and which people are willing to pay a high salary for. Economic needs shift over time, when a job type is in demand, people are willing to pay lots of money for it. When it is not in demand and too many people are willing to do the same job, the wages of that job go down due to competition from employees. Min wage is just legalized price fixing.

[@asullivan4047]

Worked a pizza joint rolling pies. Back in 1971. Fri/sat @ $10.00 A night/fed a mral/took a pie home. That was fine for high school employment. Oh-!! Was given a $2.00 increase 2nd year-!!!🤗. Rolled my wrists off (150+) pies an evening-!!!😳

[@friendsandfamily100]

@@asullivan4047 That's hard work!! Love it. Chinese work force works 6 days a week, 12 hours a day (works 996) for about $5.00/hr. We have to compete and become the #1 manufacturing country in the world like we were in the 1970s again!! We have to go back to the gold standard to stop rampant inflation also!!