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California lawmakers approve landmark fast food workers bill
NY Post ^ | 08/30/2022 | AP

Posted on 08/30/2022 7:36:06 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

California lawmakers on Monday approved a nation-leading measure that would give more than a half-million fast food workers more power and protections, over the objections of restaurant owners who warn it would drive up consumers’ costs.

The bill will create a new 10-member Fast Food Council with equal numbers of workers’ delegates and employers’ representatives, along with two state officials, empowered to set minimum standards for wages, hours and working conditions in California.

A late amendment would cap any minimum wage increase for fast food workers at chains with more than 100 restaurants at $22 an hour next year, compared to the statewide minimum of $15.50 an hour, with cost of living increases thereafter.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: bill; california; fastfood; workers
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Say hello to a 17 dollar combo meal
1 posted on 08/30/2022 7:36:06 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The big winners will be the robots.


2 posted on 08/30/2022 7:37:27 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Say hello to a 17 dollar combo meal?

It’s THAT NOW!.....................
😒


3 posted on 08/30/2022 7:37:39 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Yeah, just keep pushing prices yet higher... what could possibly go wrong?


4 posted on 08/30/2022 7:37:46 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Кчерту Путина, Kчерту Россию)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

The big winners will be the robot’s MANUFACTURERS......


5 posted on 08/30/2022 7:38:05 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I’m betting many fast food restaurant owners are going to either retire or sell their franchises.

This will not end well.


6 posted on 08/30/2022 7:38:21 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (DJT24)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

So, there are no entry-level jobs anymore. Got it.


7 posted on 08/30/2022 7:38:34 AM PDT by fwdude (Racism is not dead, but it is on life support - kept alive by politicians….” — Thomas Sowell)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Fast food joints set to leave California in 3...2...1...


8 posted on 08/30/2022 7:38:52 AM PDT by Ken522
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Fast food deserts soon to come and it ain’t the rich people that eat there. Probably the plan. Get rid of all those ugly chain stores and fast food joints and all the poor people traffic they cause on the roads.


9 posted on 08/30/2022 7:39:04 AM PDT by Pollard (Worm Free PureBlood)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

more food deserts coming.


10 posted on 08/30/2022 7:40:34 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: AnotherUnixGeek
The big winners will be the robots.

It really is the only solution for fast food. And imagine the upside, you actually will get what you ordered the first time.

11 posted on 08/30/2022 7:40:46 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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Years ago, like in the early 70’s, I remember seeing a cartoon in some magazine, I forget which one, that showed a factory assembly line making robots.

There was ONE human and several robot workers on the line and ONE robot reaching out about to tap the human worker on the shoulder......................


12 posted on 08/30/2022 7:40:53 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Sounds very much like communism - government boards telling businesses how they must run their companies.


13 posted on 08/30/2022 7:41:11 AM PDT by beekay (Justice for Ashli Babbitt! Say her name.)
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To: 1Old Pro

And instead of spit, it will be coated in silicone oil...............


14 posted on 08/30/2022 7:41:57 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

And if these fast food chains had any real sense of doing the right thing, they would immediately STOP accepting EBT cards today.


15 posted on 08/30/2022 7:42:51 AM PDT by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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Wow. I’m watching an episode of “Emergency.” They had a man down that they described as “extremely obese.” “He must weigh 300 pounds.”

16 posted on 08/30/2022 7:42:56 AM PDT by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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> The big winners will be the robots. <

Bingo. And it’s a crying shame. Fast food places provide work for young people going to college, or whatever. And they provide work for folks who unfortunately cannot do anything else.

This bill will wipe that all that away.


17 posted on 08/30/2022 7:43:05 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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Robot maintenance is going to be a great future job—no university indoctrination required.


18 posted on 08/30/2022 7:47:09 AM PDT by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: 1Old Pro
he big winners will be the robots. It really is the only solution for fast food. And imagine the upside, you actually will get what you ordered the first time.

In n Out is reliable on orders, and they are huge in California. Chick Fil-A is good on orders, too. Burger King is the worst. Popeye’s is extra slow.
19 posted on 08/30/2022 7:48:11 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (What was 35% of the Rep. Party is now 85%. And it’s too late to turn back—Mac Stipanovich )
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How stupid can they be? So these Burger flippers will be making the same per hour as some people who have been with a company doing work (where you actually have to think and problem solve) for decades. Those people won’t be able to afford to eat at fast food places because the teenagers preparing their cheeseburgers and fries need more pay to find their expensive college degrees. Or something.


20 posted on 08/30/2022 7:50:07 AM PDT by kelly4c
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