Impact of California Fast Food Worker Wage Increase Still Too Early to Gauge | KQED (www.kqed.org)

submitted 6 months ago by Habahnow@sh.itjust.works to c/politics@lemmy.world

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I’m glad this was passed. Only worry I have is that the the corporations will have the money to take a hit in California. Keep the amount of money they siphon from CA high, translating to higher costs to the CA businesses and, despite the fact that more of their businesses will struggle, use that as evidence that this law should be repealed.

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[-] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

To address higher labor costs, Hom, 66, reduced the morning and late afternoon shifts at one of his restaurants from three to two employees **and **increased menu prices.

Emphasis mine. You see, if your payroll goes up you should cut hours or raise prices. Not both. This clowns an idiot. Elsewhere in the article they point out that customers are backing up at another restaurant because of staffing cuts. That means they are loosing gross income because they are cutting worker hours. These guys are fools.

Frankly, damn few people are going to choose not to get their burger and fries over a $0.25 price increase or even a $1.00 increase. Owners are just pissed that they can't exploit their workers the way they want to.

[-] jafffacakelemmy@fedia.io 3 points 6 months ago

the impact of the wage increases can be gauged already - fast wood workers can now afford living costs. the rest will sort itself out.

[-] Habahnow@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

The article has stated some workers have had their hours cut such that they're making less. I dont think we can say the current impact will stay the same. Hopefully, yes workers will be making more in general, but it seems like now restaurants, customers and workers are trying to adjust to the new changes.

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