‘Not The First’: Restaurant Worker Laid Off After Store Closes Warns About State’s Rising Minimum Wage
Former Foster’s Freeze deputy general manager Monica Navarro warned on FOX Business Wednesday about the impact the state’s minimum wage increase will have on workers. Navarro appeared on “The Bottom Line” and discussed how the fast-food chain Foster’s Freeze in Lemoore, Calif., where she worked, announced it would permanently close on April 1st. Although some […]
California Raises Minimum Wage For Fast Food Workers Despite Highest Unemployment Rate In the Nation
California’s mandate to pay workers at fast-food chains a minimum wage of $20 an hour went into effect Monday despite concerns that it could worsen the state’s unemployment and inflation problems. The new rules will increase the minimum wage for workers at large chain restaurants by 25% and create a Fast Food Council with the […]
California’s $20 minimum wage for fast-food workers goes into effect
16 Handles CEO Neil Hirschman discusses the impact of Governor Gavin Newson’s new minimum wage law on Barney & Company. A new California law raising the minimum wage for fast-food workers in the state to $20 an hour goes into effect Monday, affecting restaurants with at least 60 locations nationwide, excluding those that make and […]
Youngkin vetoes Virginia bills mandating minimum wage increase, establishing marijuana retail sales
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Thursday announced his top Democratic legislative priorities: a bill that would allow retail sales of marijuana for recreational use to begin next year and a bill that would mandate a minimum wage increase. vetoed two items. This development was not surprising. Youngkin did not specifically […]
California’s $20 minimum wage is killing thousands of jobs
For eight years, Michael Ojeda delivered food for a Pizza Hut in Ontario, California, using the income he received to support his family. In December, the 29-year-old received a letter from the pizza franchise informing him that his employment was being terminated in February. The news shook him. “Pizza Hut was my career for nearly […]
Minimum wage is UK’s ‘most successful economic policy in a generation’ | Minimum wage
The minimum wage has raised the salaries of millions of Britain’s lowest earners by £6,000 a year, making it the most successful economic policy in a generation, according to a leading think tank. The policy has secured bipartisan agreement since Tony Blair’s first Labor government introduced it in 1999 and should be seen as the […]
Calif: Food Chains Lay Off Workers, Begin To Raise Prices Before Minimum Wage Hike In April
(Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images) OAN’s Brooke Mallory5:57 PM – Tuesday, March 26, 2024 Many California fast-food restaurants are now laying off employees and raising prices in anticipation of the significant negative impact the new $20 minimum wage law taking effect in April will have on food brands’ bottom lines. . advertisement according to wall […]
The 3 harsh consequences of California’s new minimum wage law become painfully clear: ‘I’m leaving no stones unturned’
Starting April 1, all fast food restaurants in California will be required to pay their employees a minimum wage of $20 an hour. Unfortunately, the negative cost is lawsigned by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) last year, has already added up. Ahead of the law taking effect, California restaurant operators are already taking steps to reduce […]
California Restaurants Lay Off Workers as $20 Minimum Wage Arrives
California restaurants are laying off workers ahead of a new $20-an-hour minimum wage law for the fast food industry that goes into effect in April. wall street journal. As reported by Breitbart News, California will raise its minimum wage by 25% to $20 an hour starting April 1st under AB 1228, a law signed by […]
California Restaurants Forced To Cut Jobs As Newsom’s Minimum Wage Hike Looms
California restaurant owners are resorting to layoffs in preparation for a minimum wage hike for fast-food workers, according to the Wall Street Journal. Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill in 2022 that gives the state-appointed Legislature the power to set wages, working conditions and training standards for fast food restaurants. Businesses, especially pizza […]