When it takes effect on April 1, fast food workers in the state will have among the highest minimum wages in the country.

California fast food workers will be paid at least $20 per hour next year under a new law signed Thursday by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

When it takes effect on April 1, fast food workers in the state will have among the highest minimum wages in the country, according to data compiled by the University of California-Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education. The state’s minimum wage for all other workers is at $15.50 per hour and is already among the highest in the nation.

Newsom’s signature on Thursday reflects the power and influence of labor unions in the nation’s most populous state, which have worked to organize fast food workers in an attempt to improve their wages and working conditions.

  • betwixthewires@lemmy.basedcount.com
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    1 year ago

    Well, my thoughts on that are 1) if you wouldn’t move for 20 an hour because the environment’s good, is $20 really a living wage? If you can stand $15 then that’s gotta he enough to live, right? 2) if people won’t achieve more than the minimum they need to get by, maybe that’s something we should just let happen, and 3) if companies are raising pay to stay competitive without government action, doesn’t that negate the argument used to institute stuff like this?

    • asteriskeverything@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      All of your arguments in this thread sound like someone who really has already made up their mind how they feel and you just say whatever feels right. Your last point alone is so silly, as if there hasn’t been decades of history proving otherwise. Maybe try focusing on listening for a while instead of trying to be right.

        • asteriskeverything@lemmy.world
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          1 year ago

          Um… literally all of it? All you have shared are opinions.

          You’re not only just stating your opinion but it’s also your opinion of what the consequences might be. Shit that hasn’t happened yet!! And you haven’t even used any source or data or even a reference to a specific time in history where something like this happened that leads you to believe in the consequences you’re insisting will happen, which would at least be something I could point to as true or not. So like, yeah man idk but you really do not be so stubborn about what you think might happen in the future.