Posted on 03/23/2016 3:05:20 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
A proposal to raise California's minimum wage to $15 an hour by the year 2021 has qualified to be listed on the upcoming November ballot in the state, officials said on Tuesday.
The development comes as a wave of minimum wage increases at the state level sweeps the United States as the federal minimum wage has gone more than six years without an increase from $7.25 an hour.
The California Secretary of State's office said supporters of the measure, pushed by Labor group coalition Lift Up California, had gathered more than the 400,000 signatures needed to have the Fair Wage Act of 2016 placed on the ballot....
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
If it’s voted down, some Marxist federal judge will deem that “unconstitutional” and mandate it.
businesses are already cutting back on staff and paid hours in those towns which have ordered wages hiked up
so this will just multiply the damage
and result in even more layoffs
and the ‘hidden’ damage is very serious too....
jobs that are Never even created or Offered... help wanted Ads that never appear....
Finally someone is going to drive a dagger through the heart of the Tarnished State and put it out of it’s misery.
Carl’s Jr. already relocated it’s headquarters out of state. I see them trying that fully automated thing in California in the near future if this passes. Then I see most others following suit.
I’m buying stock in fast food automation companies.
By then $15 will be worth 5 cents.
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Will this minimum wage be inflation adjusted? Because, that will be a slippery slope.
Robot hamburger factory makes 360 Gourmet Burgers every hour...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3100817/posts
Drive up Starbucks soon a vending machine.
They also vowed a few years back to NEVER Build in California Again.
of course democracy ultimately fail once people know they can vote themselves the goodies...
its going to get bad for anyone who actually has worked for something...
So the guy was warning the customers that the carpet had been removed for cleaning? :{)
It can’t get any worse! Worst dried out, tasteless burger we’ve ever had. Even the milkshakes are a big nothing.
“Drive up Starbucks soon a vending machine.”
With automated stuck up little barista prompts that correct your order in StarBucks speak.
Every other state just contributed to the campaign.
Yep, he was very intuitive./s
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