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Is California Going to Kill McDonald’s? [Fast Food Wage GOVERNMENT Board]
The Stream ^ | 08/31/2022 | BRADLEY POLUMBO

Posted on 09/01/2022 10:19:54 AM PDT by SES1066

The “FAST Act” is headed to Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk after recently passing through the state legislature. As the Wall Street Journal reports, it would “create a government panel that would set wages for an estimated half-million fast food workers in the state.” --- “The bill would establish a panel with members appointed by the governor and legislative leaders composed of workers, union representatives, employers and business advocates,” The Journal explains. “They would set hourly wages of up to $22 for fast food workers starting next year and can increase them annually by the same rate as the consumer-price index, up to a maximum of 3.5%.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; communist; communistic; democrats; gavinnewsom; gigeconomy; government; peoplesrepublicofca; unions; wages
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Does the California drought also cause dementia? Or is it that the LEFT wants to get everything they can before the water level gets past their chin as it rises? One thing I am sure of, this is the dream of the labor unions and just adds to what CA has already done with making everybody an employee rather than a contractor.

Thought here for consideration though. Can you think of ANYTHING more conducive to MASSIVE automation in the fast food restaurants than this? Till now it has not been economical due to the capital costs but at that labor hour cost? RETHINK!

1 posted on 09/01/2022 10:19:54 AM PDT by SES1066
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To: SES1066

Calif is just speeding up the use of robots.


2 posted on 09/01/2022 10:21:11 AM PDT by Jolla
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To: SES1066

Will they kill McDonalds or fast food workers?? The first time it was raised to $15 an hour McDonalds responded by going with automated ordering machines


3 posted on 09/01/2022 10:23:45 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: Jolla

> Calif is just speeding up the use of robots.<

Right. California will not kill fast food. But the law will kill thousands and thousands of entry-level jobs. And that’s a damn shame. Kids going to school depend on those jobs. And folks who unfortunately cannot do anything else, they depend on those jobs even more.


4 posted on 09/01/2022 10:25:34 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: God luvs America

McDonalds will play the game. They aren’t going anywhere. They support the party that sticks its to em’. More automation yes. More 2 lane drive thru’s.


5 posted on 09/01/2022 10:26:41 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: DIRTYSECRET

If you’re looking for them to make a statement such as closing down all of them you’d be mistaken. Big business kisses butt when it comes to government.


6 posted on 09/01/2022 10:29:11 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Its funny- i don’t eat at McDonalds or like their food- but i love their stock!!!

Got it at $55 a share about 10 years ago. Its now $250 a share!!!


7 posted on 09/01/2022 10:29:17 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: SES1066

You need to look at this through progressive colored glasses. All the state has to do is also regulate the cost of a burger. Force the employer to pay more then force the consumer to pay more. What if the consumer balks at paying the new price, you ask? The all powerful state also has ways to force you to buy as many burgers, at whatever price, the state decides you need.


8 posted on 09/01/2022 10:29:35 AM PDT by hardspunned (former GOP globalist stooge)
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To: Jolla

Silicon Valley firms lobby for this so they can push automation tech on the backend.


9 posted on 09/01/2022 10:30:51 AM PDT by Codeflier (I am just going to assume you are a Democrat if you call me a Putin supporter and ignore you.)
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To: Jolla

You mean like Pelosi and Newsom?


10 posted on 09/01/2022 10:30:54 AM PDT by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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To: SES1066

Why not just raise the minimum wage?

What they’ve effectively done is unionized the entire restaurant industry in California and nobody voted for that.


11 posted on 09/01/2022 10:30:58 AM PDT by Skywise
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To: SES1066

Man, to be 16 in High School and making $22/Hr. What a life!


12 posted on 09/01/2022 10:31:34 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs2
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To: God luvs America

As of Aug 22, 2022, the average annual pay for the Police Officer jobs category in Pennsylvania is approximately $21.47 an hour.

So Police officers put their life on the line for $21.47 hourly
And Kids flipping burgers get $22. hourly.

The insanity of the left grows and grows!


13 posted on 09/01/2022 10:32:20 AM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......Augustine)
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I wonder how they will decide which restaurants are "fast food" restaurants.

There were issues when they wanted to tax food that was eaten there vs. take out because grocery stores started selling meals and they didn't want to be taxed like restaurants.

Also, there was a rule that applied to some baked goods and producers wanted their products reclassified so as not to come under the new tax.

It's just a word game now.

14 posted on 09/01/2022 10:35:29 AM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not a tagline.)
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To: 4Liberty; ADemocratNoMore; Aggie Mama; alarm rider; alexander_busek; AlligatorEyes; antceecee; ...

Directive 10-289 ping and Unification Board ping.


15 posted on 09/01/2022 10:38:24 AM PDT by Publius
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To: God luvs America

Killing McDonalds, eh?

Ronald McDonald has some associates who may pay the Governor a visit. “Newsom still in a wheelchair after a freak running accident.”


16 posted on 09/01/2022 10:39:45 AM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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But the law will kill thousands and thousands of entry-level jobs. And that’s a damn shame. Kids going to school depend on those jobs.

Agree strongly!

And to me it appears a lot of this comes from California's strong labor unions and their lock on the 'D'onkey Party control of government. One of the worst acts of modern government was when CA went to the single open primary which made the General Election a frequent/usual single party affair. When you have dealt the opposition out of the debate, it all slides in one direction. For CA, it is all LEFT!

What we all should have learned from the past century of unions, is that there is one primary constant, Unions have bosses and their interest is their own benefit FIRST, everything else is second at best!

The "Fight for $15" that has been their battlecry of late? The worker gets paid $15 but takes home a lot less as he pays the union dues on the higher wage, pays more tax for same, higher health care cost for same and etc.! Cui bono (who benefits) for that bargain, not the worker ESPECIALLY if the industry sheds the headcount to stay afloat!

Then consider the entrepreneur who has a great idea for a new business, let us say the next Apple or Oracle? Does that business start in CA or another State? At what point will CA look back and wonder which new regulation was that (mixing metaphors) straw that killed the golden goose?

17 posted on 09/01/2022 10:47:45 AM PDT by SES1066 (More & more it looks like Brandon's best decision was Kamala! UGH!)
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To: SES1066

NYC used to have something called an “automat.” I expect we will see their return before this is over.


18 posted on 09/01/2022 10:48:46 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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To: God luvs America

They should pull completely out of California. Just drag up and go.


19 posted on 09/01/2022 10:51:01 AM PDT by Mathews (It's all gravy, baby!)
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To: God luvs America

Their order kiosks really haven’t reduced staffing requirements.


20 posted on 09/01/2022 10:55:17 AM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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