(09-30-2023, 03:56 PM)Infolurker Wrote: The Future President is now requiring fast food to pay $20 an hour.
Who wants a $17 Big Mac?
When are they going to unionize and request pensions?
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2023/0...-per-hour/
I stopped eating at Arby's when I paid 12 bucks for a single sandwich. 17 is beyond the pale. If I eat out any more, we just go to a sit-down restaurant. Fast food has gotten too expensive already, and is no longer competitive with real food, so why bother with it?
As far as unionization goes, I'd imagine it'll be soon, real soon. They're going to see the extortion the UAW is doing to the world, and want to match that. Auto workers are striking for - now get this, read it slowly, and let it sink in - a 4 day work week but with 5 days of pay, AND, on top of that, a 40% raise in hourly wages... as if they aren't already making too much money, the greedy bastards.I wonder how folks are gonna like it when a 40K car suddenly jumps to 56K, with no additional value in it, just additional expense? If you think inflation is bad now, just wait a few months...
In practical terms, auto workers want to work only 32 hours a week, but get 56 hours a week worth of pay for it. That's a real money increase of 75% per hour of work, almost doubling their already predatory wages for less work, and that means less production that goes to pay those wages. Must be nice, but it's not practical from a business standpoint. I'd close my shop so fast it would make a large sucking sound and run with the money I'd already made from it.
When the burger-flippers see the UAW get that shit done, it'll only be a matter of time before they price themselves out of jobs, too. Folks appear to not be thinking ahead and planning for long-term employment just so long as they can get that instant gratification of an over-sized paycheck this week. They'd better invest that check wisely, because they won't be getting too many of them. It's not a long-term survival plan.
Retail outlets are already fleeing California because of theft, now watch fast food joints flee as well, because of exorbitant wages. When it gets too expensive to do business, then businesses close down or move on to greener pastures.
The moral of the story is, if you want jobs and business in your state - and the tax revenues they generate - then don't make it impossible for them to operate there.
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