Ripple effects of fast food minimum wage hike across California

As fast food restaurants are now required to pay employees at least $20 an hour, some owners are turning to AI while others predict minimum wages for other industries will likely go up. NBC Los Angeles' Conan Nolan reports.

[@flowersgrow7850]

From $20 an hour to being replaced by AI.

[@Uvoted4this]

To get around the $20 minimum just call your restaurant a hospital and hire nurses for $15 to do the jobs.

[@marplato2558]

Easy, just start making your own peanut butter sandwich and stop belching and bitting the hands that feed you! 😊

[@samgriess438]

STOP EATING AT THESE PLACES WE WILL PUT THEM OUT OF BUSINESS IN A YEAR

[@samgriess438]

@@Uvoted4this grow food.... and call them pickers.... and you can pay under minimum wages

[@PraveenSrJ01]

@@samgriess438amen to your comment

[@Leumasleumas725]

Ok. We will increase to $20/hr but can only govie you 4hours, no full time.

[@abc123fhdi]

hire more employees to save on overtime but cut hours of existing employees.

[@marcusavila2961]

And all those 4 hour shifts are jobs created on their stats 😂

[@zzygyy]

Replace human labor with robots.

[@zzygyy]

@@Sam-oo6wy You are describing hyper inflation.

[@nickr2714]

I actually work at mcds, and um even before we got this $20 I and everyone else wasn’t getting hours to begin with. But now we going to get less. But also I found out that my manager are getting 80hrs per week. The thing is idk if it’s my mcds only or all mcds, but I find it kinda messed up that mcds gives them all these extra hours and I’m barely getting 12hrs a week.

[@myrrhavm]

Worked at McDonald’s for 17 YEARS and STILL doesn’t speak English. Undoubtedly collecting every tax payer subsidized benefit as well.

[@bargdaffy1535]

We are not supposed to be paying taxes to subsidize McDonald's Workers. McDonald's made $14.5 Billion in Profit last year, the Jobs are not going anywhere.

[@myrrhavm]

@@bargdaffy1535 I agree. The welfare and other social services agencies should deny working people benefits. Fast food joints were never intended to be careers but beginning jobs.

[@bargdaffy1535]

@@myrrhavm No, you are just an Idiot. 🤡🤡😩😩🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@eastbaykidd8574]

@@bargdaffy1535 They didn't make $14,5 billion in PROFIT, you're clearly confused about a number of things.

[@Utubeasiangirls]

In the 90's as a broke college i went to a job interview and when i said 'no 'as the manager asked me if i can communicate in English i knew by then that i won't get hired.

[@pektowanderlust]

They passed a law and that they are not willing to show their faces to explain it? 😅😅😅

[@vgjuarez1]

It's a new law to help you lose weight..

[@GreggWalken-xd3qv]

Nor did they write it as stated in this report. Can't even do their own jobs?

[@user-jh7nc3pv8h]

@@GreggWalken-xd3qv Keep in mind the people that write these articles are NOT real journalists but in the make-believe world of liberals they pretend they are.

[@josephtirado6506]

Non disclosure agreements 🤝 crooked

[@From_beaches_to_redwoods]

I love it! Make products and services so unaffordable that they shut down businesses and leave the workers getting 0 hours per week. You can't fix stupid.

[@danrynazewski4151]

Do you believe they just are done? Where is the money going? I bet for food just not at a fast food chain!

[@tonang33]

If the $20.00 per hour is suppose to be so good, why didn't Newsome include it for his owned restaurants

[@U2BER2012]

You know the slogan: " Do as I say, not as I do." All the left are that way.

[@andyd3447]

because there are not 60 or more locations....

[@sizzlemcnizzle]

What?

[@rickstalentedtongue910]

@@andyd3447 But don't his employees deserve the same? Newsome is not in charge, he is led by his staffers who give him his talking points and direct him what the agenda is. They are the go between of TPTB and puppets like him.

[@candy3388]

@@andyd3447there is an owner of a health food smoothie type place who only has one location and this new increase included him

[@bombaybeach208]

Fortunately fast food is not a necessity.

[@SportsAutodidact]

It's not. It's for the sloppy , lazy, obese folks that don't give a rat about their health

[@zzygyy]

California taking steps to remove obesity.

[@Danielbboylight]

But paying bills for the people that worked their are, did you forget the human aspect of that?

[@Walrus286]

But the local spots are going to also have to raise wages in order to compete for a workforce. The only options in 10 years are going to be chains that have hiked prices, or the local spot that cost millions to open and operate. You can already feel that throughout every town in the US. This is a small piece of the puzzle - but owning and operating a small restaurant for a middle class living is becoming obsolete. I think this benefits the fast food places substantially in the long run.

[@mikeg8777]

Correct, however, the domino effect will be the issue.

[@RichardSparks-qy2rd]

The only person who got an exemption was a man who owned eight Panera restaurants, just so happens he is a friend of Newsome's and donated 220,000.00 to him. He was granted an exemption as a bakery. Did Subway or any other restaurants that make their own bread products get it, I doubt it.

[@clydesalley]

Whine some more Trumpity Dumptiy.

[@mustangracer5124]

Are you saying the CZAR is unfair?.. GASP!!.. I'm shocked.

[@davesawchuk333]

The exemption got taken away

[@RicardoZ590]

Check your facts, if you remove the hate for newsome you’ll see clearer

[@VulcanLogic]

Subway doesn't count as real bread. Seriously, google Ireland and Subway it's hilarious.

[@garywhittaker6575]

Good time to stop eating at fast food places.

[@Black____]

🎯

[@samgriess438]

i havent for YEARS since taco bell was sued for using SAND as filler and these corrupt chains have bought out the politicians allowing them to serve FILLER as meat

[@PraveenSrJ01]

Agreed

[@UncleDavesKitchen]

THIS has motivated me. Watching cooking shows on yt I now make better pizza and Asian food than the restaurants for 1/4 the price.

[@danielpacker6750]

No is a good time to vote republican

[@andyerwin3535]

Wake up California, when are you going to wise up and get rid of Newsom? No brain, no headache

[@dwaynewood1795]

And they want that clueless loser to soon run for president at some point,nothing good comes out of Ca.

[@pkodani72]

20.00 isn't going to help if the cost of living isn't going down. To survive, you would need to make 30.00 dollars an hour.

[@brianoleson9224]

YOU NEED TO WAKE UP you cant " get rid" of politicians or presidents they aren't elected in modern times its a selection NOT an election if your votes mattered they wouldn't even have elections.

[@U2BER2012]

​@pkodani72 You're missing the point: businesses will be forced to close down, because they will raise food/ menu prices, to which customers will prefer to eat at home. The Newsomes (demolitioncrats) of this country just don't understand economics 101.

[@stevelopez372]

Getting paid 30-40 bucks an hour requires skills many people do not have. That’s the problem, people have no skills to throw on the table. It takes more than just breathing. Lol.

[@mattdykes5166]

Holy cow. The manager wasnt even making $20. It will all shut down soon.

[@SportsAutodidact]

Managers need to be at $38 an hour. Who cares about college

That is like that in all states. Minimum wage is like 10 and managers get 15. Then the democrats want to raise min wage to 15. Messes up the entire economy and everyone's worth

[@rzellmer219]

the one gal worked for mcdonalds for 17 years and still can't speak english?? What's wrong with that picture..

[@jessicah3782]

The picture where most fast food workers are immigrant moms and not teenagers. Fast food is not just a teenage job and never was.

[@Bob-bm3pd]

​@@jessicah3782you mean illegal criminal invaders aliens right? Probably has three lil illegletts at subsidized housing.

[@sw00sh9]

@@jessicah3782yes it was. It was meant for teenagers McDonald’s was never a career. These Hispanic people are uneducated and don’t know how to do anything else so they try to make fast food a career. To say it never was is uneducated asf. McDonald’s specifically had ads that specifically stated it was for teens trying to make some money to buy their highschool prom photos and yearbook. Now the uneducated poor want a career out of basic fast food labor. Ridiculous.

[@jrunberg]

You need to go back to Mexico loser.

[@mustangracer5124]

Better if they don't.. they get more welfare for 'not being educated'

[@AllisonSherman657]

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[@kaylat63]

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[@face2lune]

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[@AllisonSherman657]

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[@face2lune]

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[@AllisonSherman657]

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[@ChadBray]

Now the will fire half the employees and make the other emplyees work twice as hard.

[@vvbbzz1998]

always

[@goodoljackburton9211]

They always do.

[@jessyhavron2548]

I think they will close their doors ans move out of the Big Tax state of California.

[@Ultimate-Guardian.]

@ChadBray- They* Go back to school. LMAO

[@pauljanssen7594]

Yep it comes down to no more lazy employees they're going to have to work their butts off like people did in the old days know being on the cell phone.

[@GeneralBrave]

Everyone That Voted Yes Congrats! Wages Go Up, Prices Go Up, Inflation Goes Up, Unemployment Goes Up... This Is The Prize You Voted For.

[@user-Kova15]

Not really. Inflation will always go up regardless thanks to fiat currency being made from the equivalent of monopoly money

[@gonefishing4204]

Absolutely insane. Everything will go up on goods, services, and taxes to the point that it would not be worth it to increase minimum wage.

[@MikeHunt90731]

So keep them at $12.50 and not being able to pay rent or anything

[@Danielbboylight]

@@MikeHunt90731Maybe if the government didn't tax them like crazy they would have more disposable income. Ever think of that?

[@MikeHunt90731]

@@Danielbboylight duhhhhhhh

[@cassady7169]

@@DanielbboylightCalifornia state income tax is like 6% on incomes between $38k-54k. I think the insane cost of living is much more of a concern than taxes.

[@shawnboahene5231]

@@Danielbboylightit’s not just taxation but stupid policies that act as red tape that prevent affordable housing, businesses, and anything that would make life easier

[@meng6315]

Here comes the lay off and shutdown of restaurants. And now it begins.

[@AndreasU-ur5cq]

Before you're late my son

[@user-yo6ji2er1u]

$20 an hour for wrong orders, cold fries and no ketchup while staring at their phones.

[@UncleDavesKitchen]

I went to a Taco Bell / Long John's drive through. Rather than hot sauce for my burrito I got tartar sauce in the bag. They are 'unskilled' because they can't or won't think.

[@PanyingPilot]

Of course tartar sauce. It was a cod burrito supreme, yes?

[@australiasfirstmate1556]

Son, get a life. You would begrudge hardworking people a living?

[@cassady7169]

@@UncleDavesKitchenDoes it make you feel like a big man to look down on others?

[@UncleDavesKitchen]

@@cassady7169 that is a delusion you chose to create in your head

[@bryangoodson1721]

SEIU, the rats have been exposed.

[@omarmartinez3319]

TIME TO GROCERY SHOP NO MORE CHIPOTLE FOR ME WHY SPEND $20 ON A BOWL WHEN I CAN BUY STEAK CUTS FOR $8.99

[@abolisher]

Good riddance

[@skymaster9484]

For $20 you can buy a nice ribeye steak baked potato and a small bag of frozen vegetables and cook it yourself.

[@hmp5718]

Your name is Omar Martinez and you eat chipotle. You're a disappointment to Hispanics.

[@SteadilyGrinding]

​@@skymaster9484 -- and have leftovers.

[@yukers]

They never even invited the franchise owners to this "negotiation" and had everyone at this "negotiation" sign a Non Disclosure Agreement. Sounds corrupt to me.

[@DZ302-Z28]

You're supposed to work a minimum wage job to gain skills, then move on to a higher paying career. She's been working at McDonald's 17 years, has no interest in moving on, and clearly has no interest in learning English

[@VulcanLogic]

Yeah I remember the folks who used to say that. They punched a clock and pulled a lever in a factory 1000 times a day back in the 70s and got to pay off a home, two cars, put all their kids through college, and retire with a pension. For pulling a lever in a factory 1000 times a day.

[@Merlin64-nb1tj]

keep going, $30.00 per hour. 👍 Let's see how much consumers are willing to pay.

[@sfrealestatedealmaker6001]

$59 burgers 😂😂😂

[@gimcrack555]

Fast food is already out of my budget. So I'm not willing to pay what it's currently at. Bye...Bye...fast food. Not really going to miss it.

[@samgriess438]

fiIth eats at these places... they wont be able to afford this

[@PraveenSrJ01]

I don’t enjoy eating fast food 🍱 at all

[@monicadelreal8212]

😂🤣 you’re not wrong. When does it stop?

[@Agent-cu5pv]

Everyone will stop eating out.

[@user-Kova15]

So California is fighting obesity? How stunning and brave of them 😂

[@stevec5465]

At least in California.

[@magnumxlpi]

Except your mom 😏

[@josephcastro736]

The one lady has worked at MacDonald's 17 years and still can't speak English. There's the problem.

[@keithstevens8739]

Oh, but you don't need skills to flip burgers, remember the narrative magamoron

[@MrBrewman95]

💯

[@cheezmo2k]

Raising salaries to offset inflation and rising taxes has never been the answer. Reduce gov't spending/waste, reduce taxes, reduce inflation! This is a tax windfall for the corrupt Liberal politicians. Everyone will pay with higher prices which will negate any "increase" these employees think they are going to get.

[@VulcanLogic]

Back in the days when "America Was Still Great" wage earners took the majority of the national income, and unskilled factory laborers made enough to pay off a house, two cars, and their kids' college, while earning multiple pensions, just for pulling a lever 1000 times a day and loading a pallet. No one was complaining about labor costs except corporate hacks and their lickspittles.

[@easterbunny001]

Food trucks will be more popular than ever before.

[@VulcanLogic]

The Mexican street vendors on my street charge $20 for 6 small street tacos and get it with lines around the corner.

[@admtahoe]

It's not just the 4.00 per hour more, Employees will pay a bit more into social security, they will also pay more towards state and federal tax as their filing amount changes, that is of course unless they are illegal. This also cost employers more than 4.00 more, they have to pay a higher percentage into social security, unemployment, and employment taxes.

[@janemorrow8802]

Exactly!

[@australiasfirstmate1556]

Pay up and shut up! Success is its own deodorant! Make more Money!

[@youtubesucks1499]

They won't pay more, their hours will be reduced. They will do more with less.

[@thiskneegrow]

Just reduce everyone’s hours to 2-4. Hire more people with shorter shifts.

[@youtubesucks1499]

@@thiskneegrow Hiring freeze. Why hire more people? The idea is to reduce labor. Longer wait times and more expensive.

[@yousefsafa5248]

Thank you Newsom! We love inflation!

[@hammertlme]

Nobody wants to take credit for getting this bill passed lol

[@tubby_1278]

That's cuz they know it's bad lol

[@sixpackvolleyball83]

Newsom will

[@utrich31]

@@sixpackvolleyball83 Exactly. Slick hair man will full credit.

[@KOVIDGOON]

​@@utrich31respect the hair gel sir😅

[@ReceptiveKing93]

Who do you think I was looking for since this broke out 😂

[@leothelion1510]

Fast food restaurant jobs aren’t meant to be a career unless u are an owner. Now ppl with degree are getting less than ppl with HS diploma or GED.

[@Clay-qj1cg]

😮😮😮

[@crayolascents]

If you dyed your hair pink, took a couple college classes on gender politics and social justice, you'd change your mind. Everything should be free and could be, all we have to do is tax those evil trillionaires, except of course the ones that sponsor peaceful protests, community organizers, and state attorney generals.

[@VulcanLogic]

Maybe you should join the labor movement instead of crying about it.

[@catherineblair1221]

People keep saying "meant" as if they were created for a certain type of worker. It is almost as if they think the Government created these jobs for the youth as a part of the educational system.

[@jaimearechiga4880]

It’ll backfire as less and less people will go to fast food restaurants when prices increase, hence lots fast food restaurants will closing 😮

[@risingtide_official]

Losing fast food restaurants that are absolutely the worst food for you isn't a bad thing.

[@curiouspeople6441]

Only in CA , Texans will still get affordable fast food prices 😊

[@P10634]

That is precisely what they want.

[@risingtide_official]

@@curiouspeople6441 But you get higher property taxes. Texas really should just be called TAXus.

[@admtahoe]

So let them close

[@alz4918]

A fast food job is not supposed to be a career!

[@tubby_1278]

It can be lol. Managers make like $55-65k a year. Crew members only make on average $35k

[@hollygolightly7475]

Right ! It’s a early first job thing while in school not a career - but democrats want to keep you low and tied to them , this will be the migrants destination for jobs

[@amandac5307]

Boomers

[@catherineblair1221]

A job that anyone can do isn't supposed to pay enough to live on. The bell curve be dammed

[@easter_sunday]

So again, lawmakers are voting on bills they don't read. Not even the sponsor of this bill. That's gross.

[@MIkeKDBA]

And they created a quasi-legislative body called the Fast Food Council that passes laws without the state legislature or the governor's signature and are not being regulated by the courts. I'm skeptical that it's legal for the state legislature to create a second state legislature full of unelected beaurocrats.

[@carly4513]

@@MIkeKDBA This is the way CA is going, because there's no countervailing party to anything they do. It's scary. The federal govt is also trying to use 'rulemaking' to get things done that they can't get passed in Congress. See the new EV mandate, for example.

[@hada7552]

I don’t think they realize the more you get paid, the more you’re taxed. They will hardly feel the difference

[@erwinsm10]

These fast food workers are so excited to receive higher pay , need to wake up when they have less customers , then pay more taxes higher rate. Ultimately shut down their store due to low profit. Then no more jobs . So exciting !

[@AmeriGlobal]

That's a funny logic. Working for low wages to avoid taxes. Is that what they teach in the deep South?

[@sergea4779]

Nobody is going to stop eating no matter what the price is. Especially here in the U.S. People are addicted to east food ​@@erwinsm10

[@MarquiseKendrid]

Then more crime also so exciting

[@_rhude_]

Will support small businesses that are not franchises since this law does not impact them

[@UncleDavesKitchen]

Just wait....it's just beginning. This is the trial run.

[@directorbeau]

The small businesses can't keep employees if everyone leaves for fast food.

[@Walrus286]

The mom and pop diner are going to have to hike wages in order to compete for a workforce. The only local spots that can compete cost millions to open and operate. I think this will directly impact the small mom and pop shops in the long run.

[@youtubesucks1499]

It does. They will have to match McDonald's entry level salary in order to stay competitive.

[@thiskneegrow]

@@directorbeau fast food won’t be hiring 😂 Or did you ignore the layoffs?

[@joyceclark8199]

Money doesn’t grow on trees, prices have to go up and hours probably will be cut.

[@AmeriGlobal]

Money grows in the stock market and real estate market. Wage growth will move along with that.

[@MIkeKDBA]

@@AmeriGlobal Wages and profits are not paid from increases in property value or capital gains that are unrealized.

[@user-Kova15]

Money doesn’t grow on trees, but it’s made up by the government out of thin air and used as monopoly money

[@MIkeKDBA]

It sound like the legislature didn't work on this at all. They allowed the SEIU to write the law and are allowing a Fast Food Council to create laws outside of the legal process that are not signed by the Governor or regulated by the courts.

[@hermanhalici1]

Governor, let's talk turkey. I've been crunching numbers at my restaurant while you've been playing "Dignity: The Comedy Show." But guess what? The joke's on us. Your policies are costing me an arm, a leg, and every last penny in my piggy bank. With a 15% price hike for big franchises, my $9.99 burrito is now a wallet-wrenching $11.49, and customers are feeling the pinch. So, Governor, it's time to put your money where your mouth is and stop treating our livelihoods like Monopoly money. We need real solutions, not funny business.

[@stpedro-ht9ng]

So you're upset that you can take paying more and refuse to but you want full time employees to make less instead and suffer to scrape by? Such a selfish mindset.

[@cassady7169]

Oh no, you have to charge $1.50 more so that your workers don’t have to work for you in poverty. The horror……

[@stpedro-ht9ng]

@@cassady7169 these are the scum fast food workers deal with

[@AtanuKDey]

@@stpedro-ht9ng The real minimum wage is $0. That's what many will make when they are let go and replaced by AI and automation.

[@AtanuKDey]

@@cassady7169 Well the real horror is this: it will accelerate the adoption of automation by large corporations like McDonalds. That will reduce employment in the industry. People who would have otherwise been employed at $16 an hour will end up getting $0 an hour.

[@thomasfarmer8517]

She has worked for 17 years and she CAN'T speak ENGLISH! lmfao!

[@LA_Commander]

I know people been here for over 30 years and still can't speak any

[@thomasfarmer8517]

@@LA_Commander Hopefully, you aren't one of them; they will never learn because it is too much for them to comprehend.

[@LA_Commander]

@thomasfarmer8517 no. I was born here. College educated and speak three languages. But English will always be my primary one.

[@chanmobse7990]

she really made poor life choices, worked 17 years at a fast food place while not learning english or any other skills. She doomed herself, its too late for her now. She will not struggle forever

[@tubby_1278]

​@@chanmobse7990Never too late to better yourself

[@stefan6412]

This so called expert is wrong. The companies will shut down locations that are not profitable anymore creating unemployment or accelerate their efforts to automate their processes with kiosks and automated food preparation.

[@kathycallison8724]

I don't have to pay anything. I can boycott. I'm a low income senior adult living on social security only and struggling to put food on the table paying outrageous prices for food at WALMART. The stupid little increase I got for social security went right to my rent increase. Greed, greed, greed!

[@bovnycccoperalover3579]

Same

[@eastbaykidd8574]

Learn how the marketplace works. Were you one of those goody goody Democrats who elects people who refuse to enforce our immigration laws, flooding the country with illegal aliens who compete with our own low-income folks for jobs and housing?

[@thegoodthebadthecurious3358]

Is also possible to grow some of our own food like beans and potatoes in a tiny home garden for example.

[@michaelcrow9732]

Me too for now, at least until they make Backyard Gardening ILLEGAL!😢. Thats coming soon!​@thegoodthebadthecurious3358

[@utrich31]

@@michaelcrow9732 They will tax it.

[@Spillinsanity72]

Worked at McDonald's for 17 years and doesn't speak a lick of English. That's a huge problem right there.

[@UncleDavesKitchen]

So now they'll increase SNAP card benefits to accommodate the rise in fast food prices

[@jessyhavron2548]

That's why they have so many kids,so they can collet more SNAP benefits

[@catherineblair1221]

@@jessyhavron2548 Well that explains why Americans have so many kids. In third-world countries there must also be a lot of benefits.

[@timinwsac]

So if I go to Starbucks am I supposed to feel bad for not tipping someone who makes twenty dollars an hour?

[@abitofeverythingbynastassi6273]

You should not feel bad for anyone with a job and a clean record . Try being educated but you have an uncleared record and prevented to get a job . That’s worse.

[@Bob-bm3pd]

Been working here seventeen years and still refuses to learn or speak English huh?

[@varishnakov]

Why don't they just pay 100,000 dollars an hour. Then everyone can just work one hour a year and have enough to live on.

[@jimmyjames5006]

Don't worry. It's coming soon. Universal basic income.

[@FastGunner7]

Next month "Unemployment claims are up and we don't know why"

[@bovnycccoperalover3579]

Bye bye fast food companies.

[@Alx245]

They should remove the tip culture. It should be a law.

[@user-dr4pn2up7k]

That means nurses, firefighters, mechanics etc have to make more. Why go through all that training when you can just make fries and flip burgers?

[@catherineblair1221]

Because you want meaningful work.

[@getdadoe5135]

This is a great excuse to replace their entire staff with robots and still charge more.

[@richardb7999]

How ignorant lawmakers are handing unskilled workers $20/hr on a sliver platter without realizing the serious repercussions.

[@bobt471]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@unknownn5509]

People need to live though and sometimes that's all that's available. Rent and everything has gone up, and the job market is tough. If a fast food job is all you can get, you still need to be able feed yourself, pay bills, pay rent, insurance, gas, daily care needs, ect...some people might be living single with kids. No one can live off of $16 an hour..even at $20 an hour that's barely enough to get by with rent each month. Something else needs to be done. I don't think a wage hike was the answer, but I understand being only able to get what you can get and still needing to survive.

[@KOVIDGOON]

THINK OF HOW MUCH WASTE AND LAW SUITS HAPPEN DUE TO THESE LOW SKILLED LABORERS. PLUS YOU ARE FORCED TO PAY THEM $20 HOURLY AND HEALTH CARE. THIS WAS A TROJAN HORSE

[@milenaseymour446]

This is gonna kill these businesses and ruin restaurants . Customers aren’t gonna eat out as much.

[@rightwinger1505]

Who wants to pay 18 bucks for a combo meal when you can go to a decent restaurant and have a steak, or get free drink refills, unlimited chips n salsa

[@leftright6301]

Let's see how fast unemployment goes up in California. It'll be quick I bet.

[@granitegreg7883]

It doesn’t take an economist to figure it out, if you raise wages prices go up, people buy less and businesses go under.

[@alexandermaclachlan7404]

A labor union required government officials and other people to signa non-disclosure agreement to discuss a law??!! How is that democracy? Who is running that state?

[@OrioleBeagle]

These employees are not going take home more money after their hours are cut. Fast food restaurants that don't have the financial resources to automate are going to shut down.

[@AndreasU-ur5cq]

Yeah because mcdonlads doesn't have it......yup .....right lol

[@davedawe2420]

I am no fan of greedy big corporations, believe me, but if the increased costs are being passed on to the consumer, somebody explain how hiking the minimum wage is actually helping. If the minimum wage went up 20%, and every store and restaurant hikes their prices 20%, sure the low wage earner is no better off.

[@andyd3447]

This is what happens when you EXPLOIT workers for decades. Pay them a living wage. Meanwhile CEOs are making millions per year.

[@andrewmartinez8340]

Wow requiring a NDA for economic policy talks is crazy

[@casey896]

That one girl is dumb… No, you’re not actually getting 20/hr. After applicable taxes it’s more like 15-16$ an hour. I made 20$ an hour a 5 or 6 years ago, and it got me absolutely nowhere. Enjoy paying extra taxes, having your hours cut, and possibly or more than likely losing your job.

[@Jeanne90275]

California's minimum wage remains $16 per hour...except for fast food workers. I'm wondering what makes them so special, other than their demographics.

[@caucasianafrican1435]

Mom and pop getting screwed.

[@Tcyc-le3pi]

​@@caucasianafrican1435this wage increase doesn't apply to mom and pops or any store with less than 3 locations

[@AxePlays-hc5dj]

Saving This

[@PaulPavloPablo]

@@Tcyc-le3pi But what you're failing to realize is, there will be workers that will quit the mom and pop stores if they are getting paid $4 or $5 less for doing the same kind of work. So it will make it harder for these mom and pop stores to find workers if they are offering $5 less than other fast food restaurants.

[@leslieeng6676]

Because of this, most other workers would be paid much more than $20. Strictly speaking, 16 is the minimum wage, but word of mouth suggests that it is over 20.

[@mkeyser]

Thank you for forcing me to eat healthier, waste less money, and perfect a skill, and when all the business close down or fire half their crews, people will start to re-think coming here for work, there won't be any work because everything will be too expensive.

[@marshallj2415]

This will stop them from passing all of it on to the consumer. The food is crap anyways.

[@2310C]

So they don't go to school and they get paid more.....does it make sense??

[@Alex1891]

Shouldn't we be more angry at the people making $50,000 per hour?

[@maybebaby1112]

Really And how many of those do you think we have ? 50,000 an hour ? 🙄

[@bobt471]

That is a foolish question….. more power to those who can Make it…. But Shame on Government for twisting small businesses arms! This Will BACKFIRE!

[@VulcanLogic]

Actually no, we should be angry that in 1975, the majority of the income in the US was paid wages, but in 2024 a supermajority of the income is sent to shareholders. The people making $50 an hour should be just as mad about the $50. If wages had held as a percentage of national income, we'd all be making 25% more across the board. But we decided we didn't need unions or labor rights anymore.

[@hollygolightly7475]

Aren’t fast food just a pit stop job like a stepping stone while in school or something ? That lady has been there 17 years?? Wow sloppin fries isent just for teens anymore i guess.

[@AndreasU-ur5cq]

That was her bad choice

[@epacm50]

SEIU is also a janitors' union. They don't clean up after themselves.

[@mikeluther60]

The Wienerschnitzel near my retail store, said that they will not be hiring people who have no work experience. They will be looking for experienced workers only, Now that they are forced to pay $20 an hour.

[@andyerwin3535]

17 years? Working at McDonald’s? That’s a high school job, not to live on.

[@catherineblair1221]

That's right. Those jobs were never meant to save for college on. That is what hefty student loans are for.

[@MrYracheta82]

if you use welfare you can afford 25 dollar burgers and for those who work get a welfare friend to buy you dinner

[@USViper]

You got a raise! Oh wait, you are fired! Lmfao

[@gilbertlopez3544]

CEOs get 25 million in bonuses in the fast-food industry, The Fast food makes billions a year, but a wage hike they are crying😮😮😮😮

[@sherryfarkas-gz1bi]

It’s not the wage hike, restaurants are also paying 50% more for their food & supplies. My son owns a small restaurant, thank God not in California, but his supplies & food costs are outrageous BUT you can still get a good burger, fries & a drink for less than a fast food restaurant.

[@gilbertlopez3544]

@@sherryfarkas-gz1bi I understand what you are saying, friends own businesses too, California has paid high taxes and low wages for 40 years, but yet in the 80s they raised the wages by about a dollar all companies were crying jobs would lose Business all lies, all 50 states a least 15 bucks an hour, we all benefit people would spend more money, look at Europeans good wages, young people doing good there, we need to wake up, greed will destroy this country, 70 years old seen it all to much greed in the corporate 🌍 world. God bless

[@time2believe]

The large chains aren’t crying because they can afford to invest in automation and innovation it’s the smaller chains that are suffering. The ones that do not get $25m in bonuses but instead barely survived the closures during the pandemic and their margins are much smaller now because of inflation. You know, the small family owned chains.

[@robertcompton5232]

If you somehow get a wage hike in the near future, please use that increase to pay for a course in Economics.

[@doubleaught7540]

Thats like expecting a raise in your allowance because your mom and dad make alot at work...

[@randyary5285]

0ne hundred thousand plus for a new pickup, two thousand a month for rent, day care for one child, three hundred plus a week. Even at the new min. wage a person would have to work three weeks just to pay for rent. I just got back from Wallmart with my Ruffles Party bag (Smaller size) that is now a few cent under SIX DOLLARS.

[@geraldallocca6858]

The problem is these workers never get a substantial raise and prices of everything keeps going up! How are they supposed to live?

[@MsSweetlove90]

The democrat effect 😅

[@Black____]

Every party is trash.

[@DZ302-Z28]

​@@Black____only one party is forcing everyone to comply.

[@Black____]

@@DZ302-Z28 All parties are trash.

[@AmeriGlobal]

I live in wonderful suburban Virginia. Please keep your conservative poverty wages out in rural America and in neighboring states like West Virginia and Kentucky.

[@flickeringflame6161]

A job for $15 an hour is better than no job at $20 an hour !! 🤔

[@harryniedecken5321]

Actually it isn't in CA, because there is a very real cost involved in going to work. At $15 / hr, your cash flow will be negative here.

[@flickeringflame6161]

@@harryniedecken5321 hews fault is that ?

[@harryniedecken5321]

@@flickeringflame6161 It's just reality - no one's fault. Jobs often require specific clothing/ outfit that the employees have to buy, gas and vehicle access, etc. Deducted from your paycheck are a variety of taxes, insurance, etc. The average person has no say in government spending on wars or subsidizing foreign countries so I don't think it matters in this discussion. The bottom line is that the typical employee at these jobs is probably living very cheaply with their parents to make ends meet. If they don't work at all they still get fed but have no additional expenses related to working. If they go to work, it has to be enough to be positive cash flow.

[@alsmith646]

Business owners are mad CAUSE THEY DONT WANT TO PAY YOU

[@eddiemeeks7133]

Kalifornia says goodbye to small businesses...

[@sweetdragon36067]

Ironically the big winner is AI and those expecting bigger paychecks will in many cases be shown the door. AI will never ask for a vacation, raise, insurance, benefits and the list of things normally given to employees. They will have a single central server tied to multiple kiosks in multiple locations and all taking orders and processed from a single computer chip.

[@MIkeKDBA]

Or the fast food companies could create a call center to take orders. Employees would work for the call centers instead of the fast food restaurants. Everything that can be outsourced will be including delivery and cleaning the restaurants.

[@tyranix9785]

Those NDAs should be broken in the interest of open government and transparency.

[@AlyshaHbskl]

you have an exceptional talent for making the complex understandable!

[@larryjanson4011]

$20.USD a hr equals unemployment for millions.

[@user-pi2lq]

Push for $25. I need a new car

[@jortega61924]

If you work fast food. Your hours will most likely be cut and automation will take place.

[@robertcompton5232]

$25 is how much your hamburger will cost at McDonald's

[@bigt4050]

So stop paying ceo's so much then

[@jayjay-iu3wc]

Thank you...thank you for saying somethin...it's not fair period

[@admtahoe]

What is it to you how much a CEO is paid....Why dont you open your own company, invest your own money, you can be CEO and you can pay all your employees 100 per hour and take nothing for yourself....

[@poopmccully]

If McDonald's CEO divided his entire yearly salary for each McDonald's employee they would all get an extra $11 a month.

[@ZacharySire]

exactly

[@MrMarkEdward]

If running a business is so easy then go ahead

[@larryclifton2906]

Price hike ,closers and less hours for workers.sounds like a great future Cali.

[@wcollins4191]

This is how a non-business owner thinks. If you raise minimum wage to $20 a hour the cost will be passed own. My burger, fri & drink $18 + my $0.40 ketchup per package where will this end besides Unemployment.

[@australiasfirstmate1556]

This is a great bill, we should all show support as successful people encouraging younger or less fortunate workers to partake in the economy with dignity, not subsistence!

[@thorick590]

I worked at a McDonald's for two years. Later on I got a job where I met my first wealthy person, a co-worker. One day she said that "Fast food work was demeaning". I'd never heard anyone say that labor was demeaning and neither myself nor my former McDonald's coworkers felt demeaned. We did our jobs the best as we could and were proud of it. Only "privileged people" look down on work that they know that they WILL NEVER do themselves. This law will end up being an economic disaster for many.

[@jeraldb2868]

Just wait and see, soon they’ll start complaining that they need $50/hr to flip burgers. AI and Automation can’t get here fast enough. Automate everything! …the $30 Big Mac soon coming to a McDonald’s near you 😎🍔💰

[@TimGildersleeve]

bootlick more, trash

[@tonyruiz2897]

Ppl think business are dumb!! Less hours, reduced work force, business will shut down, and prices will go up!

[@tednguyen208]

I take credit for the bill but the union wrote it. I have no idea what’s in it.

[@flippy5555]

I'm thinking of getting a second mortgage so I can take my girlfriend to McDonalds this weekend , hope my credit is good

[@yukers]

😂❤

[@user-bm4ic4kx2w]

Only California where this kind of foolishness is happening

[@filmtorres]

Why would anyone have to sign an NDA to discuss public policy? This sounds extremely shady.

[@Judy-mn6ey]

I gave up on McDonalds last year, dont really eat much fast food so no big deal to me. I will still go to restaurants and see how that goes however I like my cooking so will do that. This California goverment is so out of touch, cannot stand our governor. Yuck

[@stpedro-ht9ng]

why don't you move? i felt that way about Florida and now i'm in California because I agree with the government policies more.

[@MfBadass]

Bidenomics 🤡 in Newsomes California 🍕

[@kesh4171]

Two of the worse people to be given power in the history of our country. What an absolute disaster.

[@bvang8370]

$20/hr flipping burgers... dang, I only get $18/hr after 5 years in customer support. Like Tyson Foods, McDonald's wouldn't hire someone like me because I'm old and a citizen.