California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs law to raise minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs law to raise minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law raising the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour. The raise takes effect April 1.
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I'm all for it, but this creates an issue for skilled labor making roughly the same wage.
Basically everyone needs like 100% more money.
Doesn't create an issue, creates an opportunity
"Pay me more or I'll go get a job at a fast food place" is a simple and easy argument for raises at any reasonable place
Or just work a part time gig at McDonald’s for a couple 5 hour shifts a week to supplement your career job.
Makes it pretty appealing to think about flipping some burgers for $20 an hour, $100 a day 2-3 days a week.
Could be an extra $1,000 a month or so for people looking for something to supplement their income.
It disincentivizes gaining a skill, which is bad for society.
It disincentives gaining skills that can only earn less than 40k a year.
You’re looking at this backwards. It essentially would make a business compete with every other minimum wage job if all they’re offering is $20/h. They either raise wages to lure skilled workers, or try to provide some other benefits.
Lol, you're just stupid then, gotcha
I don't think it's unskilled labor at all. If anything, your so-called skilled labor is underpaying you then. We shouldn't hold others down.
Basically everyone needs like 100% more money.
Yes. They do. If you're doing something vastly more specialized than making food quickly, you should be paid much more than $20/hour.
And in California, $20/hour still isn't a livable wage.
and of course if every makes 100% more money then the price of everything goes up 100% and we're no better off.
Except for the fact that doesn't actually happen in other parts of the world that increase wages universally. Why would it happen here?