Posted on 02/29/2024 10:38:01 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Talk about fortuitous! In a strange turn of events, one of Gavin Newsom’s biggest donors hits the jackpot, and when the state-mandated $20 minimum wage for certain fast-food workers takes effect in April, this lucky duck employer won’t be subject to complying with the increase, thanks to an “obscure” exemption in the statute.
Here’s the story, from Fox News yesterday:
A major donor to Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to reap the benefit of an obscure exemption to the state’s new $20 minimum wage regulations for the fast food industry that will allow some of his restaurants to continue paying lower wages.
Here’s how the report from Bloomberg framed the issue:
The governor pushed for a carve-out that’s perplexed industry observers and benefited a donor.
Greg Flynn is a billionaire, one of Newsom’s (and other Democrats’) most loyal and longtime benefactors, and according to Bloomberg, “the largest restaurant franchisee in the US, if not the world.” Flynn’s fast-food portfolio includes establishments like Taco Bell, Wendy’s, and Pizza Hut… but his California fast-food portfolio is limited to one brand: Panera Bread.
And, surprise surprise, the new law’s “obscure exemption” seems only applicable to… Panera Bread. As the Fox report states:
Newsom pushed for the exemption, which allows restaurants baking and selling bread as a standalone item to continue paying the current rate of $16 to its employees. That means billionaire Greg Flynn, a longtime donor to the governor, could save hundreds of thousands of dollars a year per each of his two-dozen Panera Bread franchise locations across California….
Interesting. What happened to all of Newsom’s “fair share” talk?
Flynn and Newsome go way back;
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Newsom may very well be part of a Democrat Party Crime Family which includes Nancy Pelosi.
Wow, what a co-inky-dinky!
Well damn, I guess I got to drop Wendy’s
Get those bread machines rolling
Hard to believe an entry level worker getting $20 hourly to set and clear tables anywhere!
Bidenflation
Panera may suddenly have a loss of employees and difficulty replacing them.............
I also find the exception baffling for another reason. What kind of retard is going to work for Panera when every one of its competitors is paying higher wages?
Every time I read about the newest minimum wage hike, I think about Rush.
It's a skilled profession /s
Every fast food restaurant should buy a home bread maker and claim the exemption as well. It doesn’t say how much bread.
What’s to stop ANY restaurant in California from baking *1* bread item per day, and selling it to the first person that asks, for 1 cent, as a way to get included in this exemption?
Buy Bread Machine Stock.
Amazing how they fear nothing. No matter how bad it looks they just do what they want.
What’s to stop ANY restaurant in California from baking *1* bread item per day, and selling it to the first person that asks, for 1 cent, as a way to get included in this exemption?
Oh Gavin, how could you!!!
So if I opened up a sweat shop but donated to Newsom would that be considered “making, selling bread” and I could pay what I want?
Well, he is her nephew. A family organized crime syndicate running the state of California.
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