The link to the WSJ doesn’t say they cut 9.5K jobs. It’s the same as the one from a month ago about some pizzeria dude losing his job. So, idk wtf this article (or the other Google links, because I searched this time) are talking about. This number feels like it’s being pulled out of thin air to provide a narrative that isn’t true. In other words, unless there was a study done, it’s disinformation.
California Loses Nearly 10,000 Fast-Food Jobs After $20 Minimum Wage Signed Last Fall
Submitted 6 months ago by wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee to conservative@lemm.ee
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PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com 6 months ago
Bongo_Stryker@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Unverifiable statistics from a fascist propaganda machine.
Meanwhile, the nation of Zimbabwe has no statutory minimum wage and the unemployment rate for 2023 was 9.1. There is no direct connection between these two things and anyone who claims so is either foolish or deceitful.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 6 months ago
All the news media is posting the same stats.
Bongo_Stryker@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
So you agree with me that there’s no direct connection between minimum wage and unemployment rate.
BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.com 6 months ago
I CANT LIVE WITHOUT MY SHITTY HAMBERDERS OH NO HOW DARE THE WORKERS INSIST ON MAKING A LIVING WAGE
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 6 months ago
That’s heartless to want people to lose their jobs when they were happy with their wages. You’re going to chip in and help them pay their bills?
BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.com 6 months ago
Alternatively the company could’ve just exploited their labor less and dealt with slightly lower profit margins.
But the poor shareholders matter so much more than the workers that just want to pay rent and eat.
Bongo_Stryker@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Good news! They got job offers 4 days later.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Well good for them. When that other place opens, they’ll have a job making less money. I’m sure that’ll male them happy
BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.com 6 months ago
Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Let these companies cripple themselves all because they don’t want to pay fair wages. If they can’t be bothered to ensure humans can live, they don’t need to be in this world.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 6 months ago
The people were living just fine before. Now, they don’t have a job in a state with high unemployment. Seems like the governor created a problem when things were working just fine.
not_that_guy05@lemmy.world 6 months ago
These jobs were already lost before the $20 wage. If you live California, you would know this as they have been installing machines to order your own meals, while the counter was no longer there besides to pick-up food. So no this had been planned since before. They are just using an escape goat to say this is why.
realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social 6 months ago
@wintermute_oregon @Fiivemacs "Just fine" is a bit of an exaggeration lol