GottaLaff,
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Half a million workers will get $20 minimum wage, starting today - NPR https://apple.news/Ax2EooNQkRWab_RdyL4_s5w

RoseFlint,
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@GottaLaff it really annoys me that that instead of using their billions of profits to pay for the livable wage they are raising prices, laying off workers, and decreasing quality of food. That just creates more inflation and defeats the purpose of the average wage increase.

peterpohlenz,
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@GottaLaff what’s minimum wage in canada? just curious.

GottaLaff,
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@peterpohlenz No idea

sfwrtr,
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@GottaLaff
The article points out that prices might go up, they might employ fewer workers, or they might automate those unskilled jobs. There's no free lunch, but if workers can't make a living, the system was going to fall apart anyway. Learning skills, a trade, or a profession is still the way to go no matter your age. At least until they automate or AI that away, too.

drahardja,
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@GottaLaff Except our dear governor shielded some of his donors from it.

All a chain has to do to avoid the law is to “bake bread and sell it as a standalone item”. I’m not even joking.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/02/28/how-panera-bread-ducked-californias-new-20-minimum-wage-law/

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