Shocking 16,000 Jobs Lost Due to California’s $20 Fast Food Wage Hike – California Globe

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Fast-food workers cost U.S. government $7-billion a year because they're so poorly paid

With jobs not paying enough for employees to meet their basic needs, an increasing number of working families must rely on publicly funded programs to make ends mee…

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Lesvia Arias uses a few words to describe the historic 25% wage increase that came into effect last year in California for employees of fast food chains. “It’s not enough,” says this 41-year-old Salvadoran woman. She has been working for two and a half years at a busy Jack in the Box south of Los Angeles. In the middle of last year she was made assistant manager, which allows her to earn almost $22 an hour (about 20 euros). She has on average a …

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California Has Shed Thousands Of Fast Food Jobs Since Newsom’s Minimum Wage Hike - American Action News

California has lost thousands of fast food workers since a hefty minimum wage hike went into effect in early 2024, according to a recent analysis from the Employment Policies Institute (EPI), a conservative think tank. The Golden State is estimated to have lost almost 14,000 fast food jobs since it implemented a minimum wage increase for fast food workers in April

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Shocking 16,000 Jobs Lost Due to California’s $20 Fast Food Wage Hike – California Globe

By the time California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law the $20 minimum wage for fast food workers, he had been warned by many that it would be devastating for the industry, but he did it anyway. Now, 16,000 fast food jobs have been lost and fast food prices are up more than 14.5%. And here is why: the $20 minimum wage harms California’s least skilled and least experienced workers, as they are no more productive, but are significantly more …

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NEW DATA: Staggering 16,000 Jobs Lost Under California Gov. Newsom’s $20 Fast Food Wage Law

Brand-new quarterly data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), analyzed by the Employment Policies Institute (EPI), has laid bare a grim reality for California’s fast food industry: the state has shed up to 16,000 jobs since Governor Gavin Newsom signed the $20 fast food minimum wage law, AB 1228, in September 2023. Nearly 14,000 […] NEW DATA: Staggering 16,000 Jobs Lost Under California Gov. Newsom’s $20 Fast Food Wage Law

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California Has Shed Thousands Of Fast Food Jobs Since Newsom’s Minimum Wage Hike

Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a law raising the minimum wage for fast food workers from $16 to $20 in September 2023.