c/workreform · by return2ozma@lemmy.world · 2y

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs law to raise minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour

https://abc7.com/politics/ca-law-to-raise-wages-for-fast-food-workers-signed-by-gov-newsom/13839037/

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return2ozma@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y (12 replies)

Newsom's signature on Thursday reflects the power and influence of labor unions in the nation's most populous state, which have worked to organize fast food workers in an attempt to improve their wages and working conditions.

"This is for my ancestors. This is for all the farm workers, all the cotton-pickers. This is for them. We ride on their shoulders," said Anneisha Williams, who works at a Jack in the Box restaurant in Southern California.

Fredselfish@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 2y (9 replies)

Is this immediately our over some 5 year period bullshit? Also I make 18.50 in fucking Oklahoma one cheapest states to live in and barely getting by. No way is 20 shit in California.

LordOfTheChia@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y (7 replies)

It's in the article:

The $20 minimum wage is just a starting point. The law creates a fast food council that has the power to increase that wage each year through 2029 by 3.5% or the change in averages for the U.S. Consumer Price Index for urban wage earners and clerical workers, whichever is lower.

The raise takes effect on April 1

RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 2y

"whichever is lower" - cries in 5-10% inflation

Fredselfish@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 2y (5 replies)

Okay thanks that still crap wage in California.

Anticorp@lemmy.ml · -2 pts · 2y (4 replies)

Dude, it's McDonald's. Like, almost anyone can do it. It takes an hour's worth of training, and no specialized skills, and they're paying 275% above the federal minimum wage.

SheeEttin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

The federal minimum wage is already impossibly low. That's not a useful comparison.

Anticorp@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 2y

So you don't think $20 an hour to work at McDonald's as a brand new employee, living somewhere like Tulare, CA is fair? What do you think is fair then?

militaryintelligence@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

"Those idiots don't deserve that much just to flip burgers"

-You

NBA players don't deserve millions to play basketball, either.

Anticorp@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y

I never said they don't deserve it, I said it's 275% above minimum wage for menial labor. Seems pretty great to me, but the person I was replying to still seems to be complaining about it.

Edit: regarding NBA players, they're the absolute best in the entire world at what they do, and they're part of an industry that makes money hand over fist. There's only a few hundred people on the planet that can play at that level. They've trained their entire lives to get to where they are.

CaptFeather@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y

I make about $46k which is $24/H. Even living an hour north of LA it doesn't go very far.

notatoad@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y (1 reply)

This is for all the farm workers, all the cotton-pickers

But… she realizes it isn’t, right? It’s only for fast food workers. Farm workers specifically don’t get this increased minimum wage.

pdxfed@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y

She's referencing the history of labor struggle in CA dating back to Caesar Chavez, not talking about which industries the bill covers...

mawkishdave@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y (1 reply)

The sad part of this story is that still if far from enough to be able to afford to live in most of CA.

pdxfed@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

Yes, I know round numbers sound great but remember when the "fight for 15" was a rallying cry? Not even enough to house and feed someone in many cities.

Next step for labor movement is to get away from hard target numbers; inflation and long implementation timelines erode the gains.