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.

  • slackassassin@sh.itjust.works
    21·
    9 months ago

    I’m not sure their point was that prices should go up, but that they will go up. Which you seem to agree with, you even cited greed as the explanation.

    • Cheems@lemmy.world
      21·
      9 months ago

      I cited that if they did, it would be because of greed. If you have to stop paying slave wages, record profits go away. If they want to pass 100% of that cost onto the consumer, then sure prices will go up to keep those record profits. In no way does it need to though.

      • slackassassin@sh.itjust.works
        11·
        9 months ago

        So, either you think these companies will accept that loss, or you agree with the person you were arguing with.

        Unless there is some wording in this legislation that dictates that the wage increase comes from profitability.

        • Cheems@lemmy.world
          21·
          9 months ago

          I never said it won’t increase prices. What I am saying is that supporting record profits on the backs of people that are unable to afford to pay rent is fucked up. If they can’t supply a product that people can afford without basically using slaves to do it, then they shouldn’t exist. The fact that McDonald’s can exist in other countries and supply a product that is cheaper than it is here is proof that it doesn’t have to be the way it is. Despite doubling cost of wages they should have never been that low in the first place. If you have to eat into your record profits to have people be able to afford to live then that’s your problem Mr every corporation.