CA Fast Food Outlets Defy State's New, Economy-Crushing Minimum Wage Law With Automation, Raising Prices
by RedState
RedState— The real minimum wage, no matter how much liberal politicians try to deny it, is and always will be zero.
Washington Examiner—California’s fast-food minimum wage hike is backfiring. California’s fast-food minimum wage hike has been in effect for just one month, and the consequences are proving to be fewer hours and potentially fewer jobs for workers. Pollo West Corporation, the largest franchisee of El Pollo Loco restaurants in California, has said that its franchises went from profitable to losing money overnight when the […]
Los Angeles Times—Fast food operators rushing to use AI in the wake of minimum wage hikes. It didn’t take long for Harshraj Ghai to respond to the impact of California’s new $20 an hour minimum wage for his 3,700 fast-food employees. Ghai and his family operate 180 Burger Kings, Taco Bells and Popeyes chicken restaurants across the state, and one of the first things they did after the law took effect April 1 was to start capping workers’ hours to avoid overtime pay. Also, they’re closing some outlets a little earlier, and opening others a bit later to avoid paying workers for less...
dailym.ai—Fast food chains have found a way to get around ever-rising minimum wages. $20-an-hour mininum wage for fast food workers in California began April 1. Workers have already complained of getting fewer hours since then. Chains like Burger King are rolling out more digital ordering kiosks to cut staff