California Could Raise Fast-Food Minimum Wage

[bjl584]

California could bump fast-food minimum wage to $20.70

[disneysteve]

A 3.5% raise seems perfectly reasonable given inflation is right around there.

[ua_guy]

California has a labor shortage overall. During the last minimum wage hike, opponents of rising minimum wage like to point out that the fast food sector lost about 6k jobs or about 1% of the overall sector. What they don't point to is that fast food and other minimum wage jobs are still growing, and many more jobs have been created. Base wages have to keep up with pricing, that's just how it has to be.

I just returned from spending two months down in California. In N Out is still one of the nicest fast food places i've ever had the pleasure of supporting. They pay their employees, the employees are usually moving fast and working diligently, the facilities are clean, the food is good and simple, and they apparently turn a good profit. Places like McDonalds and Chic and Taco Bell have a lot to learn.

[Fishindude77]

Typical item for California to prioritize.
Meanwhile they've not laid a foot of high speed rail track they have spent billions $$ on and probably haven't done anything to correct the issues of "no water at the fire hydrants" at Palisades.

They have a labor shortage because people of average means can't afford to live there.

[disneysteve]

Of course if minimum wage had been indexed to inflation from day one we wouldn't be in this situation.

[LivingAlmostLarge]

Of course if minimum wage had been indexed to inflation from day one we wouldn't be in this situation.

this has always bothered me. So the minimum wage hasn't risen since 2009. Isn't that a bit ridiculous? And before then it hadn't gone up in years either. So if we just stopped "raising" it and made it like COLA SS I wonder how much people would complain?

[ua_guy]

Typical item for California to prioritize.
Meanwhile they've not laid a foot of high speed rail track they have spent billions $$ on and probably haven't done anything to correct the issues of "no water at the fire hydrants" at Palisades.

They have a labor shortage because people of average means can't afford to live there.

Boggles my mind, the view of California from people who don't live there!

[LivingAlmostLarge]

The qusetion should be asked if minimum wage were tied to inflation what would happen? In more expensive states then they raise it statewise. But if you tied federal minimum wage to social security.